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ἅλων

MainId: 000255000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0257

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 000255001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἅλων
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ος
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἀλοάω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 000255001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 7.65
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Constructions
  LEXSubDomains: Miscellaneous Constructions
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-05-26 14:18:18
    DefinitionShort: a surface of hard ground or stone where grain was threshed out, either by beating or having animals trample upon it
    Glosses: threshing floor
    Comments: The meaning of ἅλων as ‘threshing floor’ forms the basis for the figurative extension of meaning (a metonymy) referring to the threshed grain still lying on the threshing floor (see {D:3.43}). The meaning may be made clear by rendering ‘to thresh out completely all of the grain.’ On the other hand, it is possible to interpret ἅλων in {S:04000301200022} in a literal sense and translate ‘he will clean up his threshing floor,’ that is, by gathering up the grain and getting rid of the straw and chaff.
  LEXReferences: MAT 3:12, LUKE 3:17
  LEXLinks: realia:1.1.8.1
2. LEXID: 000255001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 3.43
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Plants
  LEXSubDomains: Fruit Parts of Plants
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-05-26 14:18:18
    DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:ἅλων}[a] ‘threshing floor,’ {D:7.65}) grain in the process of being threshed
    Glosses: threshed grain
    Comments: {L:ἅλων} in {S:04000301200022} may also be interpreted as a threshing floor (see {D:7.65}).
  LEXReferences: MAT 3:12, LUKE 3:17