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Lexicon :: Strong's G229 - alēthō

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ἀλήθω
Transliteration
alēthō (Key)
Pronunciation
al-ay'-tho
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as ἄλευρον (G224)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
4x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀλήθω alḗthō, al-ay'-tho; from the same as G224; to grind:—grind.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G229 in the following manner: grinding (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G229 in the following manner: grinding (2x).

  1. to grind

    It was the custom to send women and female slaves to the mill houses to turn the hand mills.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀλήθω alḗthō, al-ay'-tho; from the same as G224; to grind:—grind.
STRONGS G229:
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 Mill].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
11:5
Matthew
24:41
Luke
17:35

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G229 matches the Greek ἀλήθω (alēthō),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it with mills or pounded it in mortars; they baked it in pans and made cakes of it. It tasted like fresh olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - and the doors along the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding mill grows low, and one is awakened by the sound of a bird, and all their songs grow faint,
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