ΑΛΟΥΣΑ, αλουσα
ALOUSA, alousa
Sounds Like: ah-LOO-sah
Translations: grinding, a grinding one, milling, a milling one
From the root: ΑΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a feminine singular present active participle derived from the verb 'ἀλέω' (aleō), meaning 'to grind' or 'to mill'. It describes a female person or thing that is in the act of grinding or milling. It can function as an adjective modifying a feminine noun, or as a substantive (a noun) referring to 'the one who grinds' or 'a grinder'.
Inflection: Singular, Present, Active, Feminine, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative
Strong’s number: G0210 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 10:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΛΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΛΕΣΟΝ — grind, mill
- ἈΛΗΛΕΣΜΕΝΗΣ — of ground, of milled
- ΑΛΕΝ — grind, to grind, to mill
- ΑΛΗΛΕΣΜΕΝΗΣ — ground, having been ground, milled
- ΕΠΑΛΕΩΘΗΤΕ — be rubbed, be anointed, be smeared, be massaged
- ἨΛΗΘΟΝ — they ground, they milled
- ΚΑΤΗΛΕΣΕΝ — ground, crushed, pulverized
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