King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G229
Transliteration: alēthō
Phonetic Spelling: (al-ay'-tho)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to grind
Meaning: to grind
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).
Word Summary
alēthō: to grind
Original Word: ἀλήθωTransliteration: alēthō
Phonetic Spelling: (al-ay'-tho)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to grind
Meaning: to grind
Strong's Concordance
grind. From the same as aleuron; to grind -- grind.
see GREEK aleuron
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 229: ἀλήθωἀλήθω; (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