Lexical Definition
ἅλων hálōn (hal'-ohn) threshing-floor G:N-F
probably from the base of εἱλίσσω
floor.
- a threshing-floor (as rolled hard), i.e. (figuratively) the grain (and chaff, as just threshed)
Usage: 9 forms in 43 verses
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ἅλωνα | threshing floor | Matt.3.12 • Luke.3.17 |
| άλωνόσ | your threshing-floor | LXX.Deut.16.13 |
| άλωνοσ | for threshing-floor | LXX.Mic.4.12 |
| of threshing-floor | LXX.Job.5.26 | |
| threshing floor | LXX.Hos.13.3 | |
| threshing-floor | LXX.Exod.22.29 • LXX.Num.15.20 • LXX.Num.18.27 • LXX.Num.18.30 • LXX.Judg.15.5 • LXX.2Kgs.6.27 • LXX.1Chr.13.9 • LXX.Dan.2.35 | |
| άλωνι | threshing-floor | LXX.Gen.50.11 • LXX.Judg.6.37 |
| άλωνεσ | threshing-floors | LXX.Joel.2.24 |
| άλωνασ | a threshing-floor | LXX.Exod.22.6 |
| άλωνα | threshing-floor | LXX.Gen.50.10 • LXX.Ruth.3.2 • LXX.Job.39.12 • LXX.Isa.25.10 • LXX.Hos.9.1 |
| άλων | a threshing-floor | LXX.Jer.51.33 |
| threshing-floor | LXX.Hos.9.2 | |
| άλω | threshing-floor | LXX.Ruth.3.3 • LXX.Ruth.3.6 • LXX.Ruth.3.14 • LXX.1Sam.19.22 • LXX.2Sam.6.6 • LXX.2Sam.24.16 • LXX.2Sam.24.18 • LXX.2Sam.24.21 • LXX.2Sam.24.24 • LXX.1Kgs.22.10 • LXX.1Chr.21.15 • LXX.1Chr.21.18 • LXX.1Chr.21.21 • LXX.1Chr.21.22 • LXX.1Chr.21.28 • LXX.2Chr.3.1 • LXX.Hag.2.19 |
| threshing-floors | LXX.1Sam.23.1 |
Abbott-Smith
ἅλων, -ωνος (for Attic ἅλως, -ω, v. MM, VGT, s.v.), ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for גֹּרֶן;]
a threshing floor: Mt 3:12, Lk 3:17 (here prob. by meton. = the grain on the threshing floor).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 3:12 |
| Luke | 3:17 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ἅλων, ωνος, ἡ,
={ἅλως} (usually in sense 1), rare in nominative, [LXX+4th c.BC+]; more frequently in oblique cases, [Refs 4th c.BC+], in sense of plantation (?)), [LXX+4th c.BC+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Hos.9.2 ☩ LXX.Gen.50.10