ἅλωνhálōn
a threshing-floor (as rolled hard), i.e. (figuratively) the grain (and chaff, as just threshed)
Greek (New Testament) · G257
Meanings
a threshing floor: Matthew 3:12, Luke 3:17 (here prob. by by metonymy = the grain on the threshing floor).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 3:12 He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
- Luke 3:17 He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.