Lexical 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 |
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