μύλος
mylos · millstone
Greek word · Strong’s number G3458 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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mylos (μύλος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “millstone”.
Also the mill.
How to say it
my·los
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
- Large stone for grinding grain; the place of grinding.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- mill ×2
- millstone ×2
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 18:6
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him that a donkey’s millstone be hung around his neck and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.
- Matthew 24:41
Two women grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.
- Mark 9:42
And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be far better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
- Revelation 18:22
And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute players and trumpeters will never be heard in you again, and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you again, and the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again,