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To grind

ἀλήθωStrong’s G0229

alēthō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Alēthō is the Greek word usually translated “grinding”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.”
Matthew 24:41 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “grinding”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • grinding 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Luke 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀλήθω alēthō · to grind

ἀλήθω (κοινή form of the Attic ἀλέω), [in LXX for טָחַן ;] to grind: Mat.24:41, Luk.17:35.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “grind” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GRIND, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive ground. [This word, if n is radical, may be allied to rend; if not, it coincides with grate; to make smooth, as mollis in Latin, allied to molo.]

  1. To break and reduce to fine particles or powder by friction; to comminute by attrition; to triturate.“Take the millstones and grind meal” Isaiah 47:2
  2. To break and reduce to small pieces by the teeth.
  3. To sharpen by rubbing or friction; to wear off the substance of a metallic instrument, and reduce it to a sharp edge by the friction of a stone; as, to grind an ax or scythe.
  4. To make smooth; to polish by friction; as, to grind glass.
All definitions and other forms of “grind”
  1. To rub one against another.
  2. To oppress by severe exactions; to afflict cruelly; to harass; as, to grind the faces of the poor Isaiah 3:15
  3. To crush in pieces; to ruin. Matthew 21:44
  4. To grate; as grinding pains.

GRIND, verb intransitive

To perform the operation of grinding; to move a mill.

  1. To be moved or rubbed together, as in the operation of grinding; as the grinding jaws.
  2. To be ground or pulverized by friction.
  3. To be polished and made smooth by friction.
  4. To be sharpened by grinding.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.