Redirected from αλωϲ, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.
ΑΛΩΣ, αλως
ALŌS, alōs
Sounds Like: AH-lohs
Translations: threshing floor, a threshing floor, halo, a halo, circle, a circle
From the root: ΑΛΩΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a threshing floor, which was a flat, open area where grain was threshed to separate the edible part from the chaff. It can also refer to a halo or a circle, particularly around the sun or moon. In a broader sense, it can denote any circular area.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0251 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:47
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 9:4
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΛΩΣ.
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.
- ΑΛΩΟΣ — (of) a threshing floor, (of) the threshing floor
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