Strong's Lexicon halón: Threshing floor Original Word: ἁλών Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb ἁλίζω (halizō), meaning "to gather" or "to thrash." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H1637 (גֹּרֶן, goren): Refers to a threshing floor, used in various Old Testament passages such as Genesis 50:10 and Ruth 3:2. Usage: The term "halón" refers to a threshing floor, a flat surface where grain is separated from chaff. In biblical times, threshing floors were essential for agricultural societies, serving as a place for processing harvested grain. The term is used metaphorically in Scripture to denote judgment and separation, as well as a place of divine encounter. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, threshing floors were often located on elevated, windy sites to facilitate the winnowing process, where the wind would blow away the lighter chaff, leaving the heavier grain. Threshing floors were communal spaces and sometimes doubled as places for social gatherings and significant events. They were also seen as sacred spaces, as seen in the account of David purchasing the threshing floor of Araunah, which later became the site for Solomon's Temple (2 Samuel 24:18-25). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom halós (a threshing floor) Definition a threshing floor NASB Translation threshing floor (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 257: ἅλωνἅλων, (ωνος, ἡ (in the Sept. also ὁ, cf. Ruth 3:2; Job 39:12), equivalent to ἡ ἅλως, genitive ἅλω, a ground-plot or threshing-floor, i. e., a place in the field itself, made hard after the harvest by a roller, where the grain was threshed out: Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17. In both these passages, by metonymy of the container for the thing contained, ἅλων is the heap of grain, the flooring, already indeed threshed out, but still mixed with chaff and straw, like Hebrew גֹּרֶן, Ruth 3:2; Job 39:12 (the Sept. in each place ἅλωνα); (others adhere to the primary meaning. Used by Aristotle, de vent. 3, Works, 2:973{a} 14). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance floor. Probably from the base of heilisso; a threshing-floor (as rolled hard), i.e. (figuratively) the grain (and chaff, as just threshed) -- floor. see GREEK heilisso Forms and Transliterations άλω άλων αλωνα άλωνα ἅλωνα άλωνας άλωνες άλωνι άλωνος άλωνός alona alōna halona halōna hálona hálōnaLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 3:12 N-AFSGRK: διακαθαριεῖ τὴν ἅλωνα αὐτοῦ καὶ NAS: and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather KJV: his floor, and INT: he will clear the threshing floor of him and Luke 3:17 N-AFS |
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