3458. mulos
Berean Strong's Lexicon
mulos: Millstone

Original Word: μύλος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: mulos
Pronunciation: MOO-los
Phonetic Spelling: (moo'-los)
Definition: Millstone
Meaning: a millstone, mill.

Word Origin: Derived from the base of μυέω (mueo), meaning "to initiate" or "to instruct."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H7347 רֵחַיִם (reḥayim): Refers to millstones or a mill.

- H6400 פֶּרֶךְ (perek): Refers to a millstone or grinding stone.

Usage: The term "mulos" refers to a millstone, a large, circular stone used for grinding grain into flour. In biblical contexts, it often symbolizes judgment or a heavy burden due to its size and weight.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, millstones were essential tools for daily life, used in households and by professional millers to grind grain. They typically consisted of two stones: a stationary base stone and a rotating upper stone. The process of grinding was labor-intensive and crucial for producing flour, a staple in the diet of ancient Near Eastern cultures. Millstones were so vital that they were often mentioned in legal texts, prohibiting their seizure as collateral (Deuteronomy 24:6).

HELPS Word-studies

3458 mýlos – a hand-mill used for grinding grain with a stationary, lower stone, ground against an upper stone that was turned.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as mulikos
Definition
a mill, a millstone
NASB Translation
mill (2), millstone (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3458: μύλος

μύλος, μύλου, ((Latinmola; English mill, meal)); 1. a mill-stone ((Anthol. etc.)): Revelation 18:21 (L WH μύλινος, which see); μύλος ὀνικός, Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42 L T Tr WH; Luke 17:2 Rec.; a large mill consisted of two stones, an upper and an under one; the nether stone was stationary, but the upper one was turned by an ass, whence the name μύλος ὀνικός.

2. equivalent to μύλη, a mill ((Diodorus, Strabo, Plutarch)): Matthew 24:41 L T Tr WH; φωνή μύλου, the noise made by a mill, Revelation 18:22.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
millstone.

Probably ultimately from the base of molis (through the idea of hardship); a "mill", i.e. (by implication), a grinder (millstone) -- millstone.

see GREEK molis

Forms and Transliterations
μυλινον μύλινον μύλον μυλος μύλος μυλου μύλου μυλω μύλω μύλῳ mulinon mulo mulō mulos mulou mylinon mýlinon mylo mylō mýloi mýlōi mylos mýlos mylou mýlou
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 18:6 N-NMS
GRK: ἵνα κρεμασθῇ μύλος ὀνικὸς περὶ
NAS: for him to have a heavy millstone hung
KJV: that a millstone were hanged
INT: that should be hung a millstone heavy upon

Matthew 24:41 N-DMS
GRK: ἐν τῷ μύλῳ μία παραλαμβάνεται
NAS: women [will be] grinding at the mill; one
INT: at the mill one is taken

Mark 9:42 N-NMS
GRK: εἰ περίκειται μύλος ὀνικὸς περὶ
NAS: with a heavy millstone hung
INT: if is put a millstone heavy about

Revelation 18:21 Adj-AMS
GRK: λίθον ὡς μύλινον μέγαν καὶ
KJV: like a great millstone, and cast
INT: a stone as a millstone great and

Revelation 18:22 N-GMS
GRK: καὶ φωνὴ μύλου οὐ μὴ
NAS: and the sound of a mill will not be heard
KJV: the sound of a millstone shall be heard
INT: and sound of millstone no not

Strong's Greek 3458
5 Occurrences


μύλινον — 1 Occ.
μύλῳ — 1 Occ.
μύλος — 2 Occ.
μύλου — 1 Occ.

















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