Lexicon mulos: a mill, a millstone Original Word: μύλος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: mulos Phonetic Spelling: (moo'-los) Short Definition: a millstone Definition: a millstone, mill. 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 Originfrom the same as mulikosDefinitiona mill, a millstone NASB Translationmill (2), millstone (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3458: μύλοςμύλος, μύλου, ὁ ((Latin mola; 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 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 |
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