Quick Definition
ἀλοάω v. I thresh
Strong's Definition
to tread out grain
Derivation: from the same as G257 (ἅλων);
KJV Usage: thresh, tread out the corn
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἅλων · μητρολῴας · πατρολῴας
43.19 · Agriculture
to thresh, to tread out to separate grain from the husks of plants, either by beating or by being trodden on by farm animals In a number of societies the idea of having animals tread out grain seems to be extremely wasteful and unsanitary, but there is no way of avoiding a translation of such passages in a more or less literal fashion; otherwise, there is no meaning to the context. It may also be important to provide some type of marginal note to explain more clearly what was involved.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλοάω, -ῶ; (connected with ἡ ἅλως or ἡ ἀλωή, the floor on which grain is trodden or threshed out); to thresh, (Ammon. τὸ ἐπὶ τῇ ἅλῳ πατεῖν καὶ τρίβειν τὰς στάχυας) : 1 Co. ix. [9], 10; 1 Tim. v. 18 (Deut. xxv. 4). In prof. auth. fr. Arstph., Plato down.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀλοάω aloaō 3x
to thresh; to tread, 1 Cor. 9:9, 10; 1 Tim. 5:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀλοάω, -ῶ
(< ἅλως, v.s. ἅλων; and cf. MM, VGT, s.v.), [in LXX chiefly for דּוּשׁ;]
to thresh: I Co 9:9 9:10; I Ti 5:18.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀλοάω. With the substantive ἀλοητός, which is found as a variant in LXX Lev 265, Amos 915, may be compared P Tebt I.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀλοάω (aloaō) — to thresh. ἀλοάω, Epic dialect ἀλοιάω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect ἀλοία[Refs 8th c.BC+]: future -ήσω[LXX], Doric dialect ἀλοιησέω[Refs 7th c.BC+]: aorist ἠλόησα[Refs 5th c.BC+]participle ἀλοάσας [ᾱς] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἠλοίησα (ἀπ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+], (συν-) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, future -ηθήσομαι[LXX]: aorist ἠλοήθην[Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect ἠλόημαι[Refs 4th c.BC+] — poetry aorist participle ἀλοίσας (as if from ἀλοίω,[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀλοϝάω uncertain in [Refs]:—tread, thresh, [LXX+5th c.BC+]
2. thresh, smite, γῆν χερσὶν ἀλοία[Refs 8th c.BC+]; cudgel, thrash, Glotta [same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. crush, smash, σκεύη[Refs]; destroy, πόλεις[LXX]
II. drive round and round, like cattle treading out corn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]