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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #229 - ἀλήθω

Transliteration

alḗthō

Phonetics

al-ay'-tho

Origin

from the same as (G224)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to grind

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 911 ‑ בְּדַד (bed‑ad');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Luke 1

BSB (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

CSB (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

ESV (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

KJV (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

N95 (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

NAS (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

NLT (2)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

WEB (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

YLT (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

ASV (1)

women grinding 1

BSB (2)

grinding grain 1

will be grinding 1

CSB (2)

grain 1

grinding 1

ESV (2)

grinding 2

KJV (2)

grinding 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

grinding 2

N95 (2)

grinding 2

NAS (2)

grinding 2

NLT (2)

grinding 2

WEB (2)

grinding 1

women grinding 1

YLT (2)

grinding 1

women shall be grinding 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-PAP-NPF 2

ANT

V-PAP-NPF 2

BEZ

V-PAP-NPF 2

BGB

V-PAP-NPF 2

BMT

V-PAP-NPF 2

BYZ

V-PAP-NPF 2

ELZ

V-PAPNPF 2

NA26

V-PAPNPF 2

SBL

V-PAP-NPF 2

SCV

V-PAP-NPF 2

STV

V-PAP-NPF 2

TIS

V-PAP-NPF 2

TRG

V-PAPNPF 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀλήθω [ᾰ], = Att. ἀλέω (A), mostly pres. (and impf., LXX Numbers 11:8), Hp. Vict. 1.20, Thphr. CP 4.12.13, D.S. 3.13, AP 11.154 (Lucill.), POxy. 908.26 (ii A. D.); prob. in Herod. 2.20 (sens. obsc.): aor. part. Pass. ἀλησθέν Gp. 9.19.7.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀλήθω; (a common Greek form for the Attic ἀλέω, cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 151); to grind: Matthew 24:41; Luke 17:35. It was the custom to send women and female slaves to the mill-houses (?) to turn the hand-mills (Exodus 11:5), who were called by the Greeks γυναῖκες, ἀλετρίδες (Homer, Odyssey 20, 105); (cf. B. D. under the word ).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† ἀλήθω

(κοινή form of the Attic ἀλέω ),

[in LXX for H2912;]

to grind: Matthew 24:41, Luke 17:35.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

αληθουσαι αλήθουσαι ἀλήθουσαι αληθούσης αλήθων ήληθον alethousai alēthousai alḗthousai