ΑΛΟΝ, αλον
ALON, alon
Sounds Like: ah-LON
Translations: threshing floor, a threshing floor, threshing, to thresh, to grind, to be ground
From the root: ΑΛΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Explanation: This word can have multiple meanings depending on the original diacritics. It most commonly refers to a 'threshing floor' (ἀλών), which is a place where grain is separated from its husks. It can also be an inflected form of the verb 'ἀλέω' (aleo), meaning 'to grind' or 'to be ground', typically referring to grain. The context of the sentence would determine the correct meaning.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine (for 'threshing floor'); or Aorist, Passive, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular (for 'to be ground'); or Aorist, Active, Participle, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Singular (for 'grinding').
Strong’s numbers: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub), G0257 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΛΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΛΩΝ — threshing floor, a threshing floor
- ΑΛΩΝΑ — threshing floor, a threshing floor, barn, a barn, granary, a granary
- ΑΛΩΝΑΜ — threshing floor, a threshing floor
- ΑΛΩΝΑΣ — threshing floor, a threshing floor
- ΑΛΩΝΕ — threshing floor, a threshing floor, barn, a barn
- ΑΛΩΝΕΣ — threshing floors, barns, granaries
- ΑΛΩΝΙ — threshing floor, a threshing floor, (to) a threshing floor
- ΑΛΩΝΟΣ — (of) a threshing floor, (of) a barn, (of) a granary
- ΑΛΩΝΟΥΣ — threshing floor, a threshing floor
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