ἅλων
halōn · threshing floor
Greek word · Strong’s number G257 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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halōn (ἅλων) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “threshing floor”.
The hard ground where grain was threshed and winnowed.
How to say it
ha·lōn
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Hard, flat ground where grain was beaten out.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
- Luke 3:17
His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”