- ἅλων
- ἅλων, ωνος, ἡ (a by-form, found since Aristot., also in pap [Mayser 287; Crönert p. ix]; LXX; GrBar 6:7; Jos. [Ant. 20, 181] for Att. [since Aeschyl.] ἅλως, gen. ἅλω or ἅλωος, found 1 Cl 29:3 [prob. after LXX] and in ins [SIG 631, 7; 671A, 9], pap [Mayser 258f; PGM 4, 2746], LXX and Jos., Ant. 4, 281; s. W-S. §8, 13; B-D-F §44, 1; 52; Mlt-H. 121; 127).① lit. a surface for the threshing of grain, threshing floor. γεννήματα ληνοῦ καὶ ἅλωνος products of wine-press and threshing floor D 13:3 (cp. Num 18:30). θημωνιὰ ἅλωνος a heap on the threshing floor 1 Cl 56:15 (Job 5:26).② fig. threshed grain still lying on the threshing floor, threshed grain (PRyl 122, 10; 20 [II A.D.]; Job 39:12) διακαθαίρειν τὴν ἅλωνα cleanse (winnow) what he has threshed Mt 3:12; Lk 3:17 (Just., D. 49, 3).—DELG. M-M.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.