ΑΛΩ, αλω
ALŌ, alō
Sounds Like: ah-LOH
Translations: I may be caught, I may be captured, I may be taken; of a threshing floor, of a halo, of a disk
From the root: ΑΛΙΣΚΟΜΑΙ, ΑΛΩΣ
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Explanation: This word has two primary interpretations. It can be the first person singular aorist subjunctive form of the verb 'ἁλίσκομαι' (haliskomai), meaning 'to be caught' or 'to be captured'. In this sense, it expresses a potential or desired action, such as 'I may be caught'. Alternatively, it can be the genitive singular form of the feminine noun 'ἅλως' (halōs), which refers to a 'threshing floor', a 'halo' (like around the sun or moon), or a 'disk'. When used as a noun, it would typically be translated as 'of a threshing floor' or 'of a halo', indicating possession or relation.
Inflection: First Person Singular, Aorist, Subjunctive (Verb); Singular, Genitive, Feminine (Noun)
Strong’s numbers: G0254 (Lookup on BibleHub), G0255 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 29:2
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:34
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 108:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 15:20, 18:27, 18:30
- Deuteronomy — 24:7
- Ruth — 3:3, 3:6
- 1 Samuel — 19:22
- 2 Samuel — 6:6, 24:16
- 1 Kings — 20:1
- 1 Chronicles — 21:15, 21:18, 21:21, 21:22, 21:28
- 2 Chronicles — 3:1
- Proverbs — 6:30, 6:31
- Sirach — 23:7
- Isaiah — 13:15
- Jeremiah — 2:26
- Haggai — 2:19
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΑΛΙΣΚΟΜΑΙ, ΑΛΩΣ, appear in our texts.
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