Mill
μύλινοςStrong’s G6061mulinos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Mulinos is the Greek word usually translated “millstone”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.”
Meaning
Usually translated “millstone”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a millstone 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
μύλινος mulinos · mill
μύλινος, -η, -ον (μύλος), 1. made of mill-stone (C.l. 3371) 2. = μυλικός: Rev.18:21 (μύλον, T).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mill” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MILL, noun
[Latin mille, a thousand.]
A money of account of the United States, value the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.
All definitions and other forms of “mill”
MILL, noun
[Latin mola, molo, mel, honey, mollis; Eng. mellow, mild, mold, meal.
- A complicated engine or machine for grinding and reducing to fine particles, grain, fruit or other substance, or for performing other operations by means of wheels and a circular motion; as a grist-mill for grain; a coffee-mill; a cider-mill; a bark-mill.
- The house or building that contains the machinery for grinding, etc.
MILL, verb transitive
To grind; to comminute; to reduce to fine particles or to small pieces.
- To beat up chocolate.
- To stamp coin.
- To full, as cloth.
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.