to grind
Aletho denotes women engaged in grinding in paired scenes where one is taken and the other left.
The attested use depicts women engaged in grinding: both verses use the same present active participial form in paired scenes where one person is taken and the other remains or is released.
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Women engaged in grinding · dominant
In Luke 17:35, the nominative plural feminine present active participle identifies two women in the clause; the APB renders them as "grinding at the same place" before stating that one is taken and the other left. In Matthew 24:41, the same form occurs of two people; the APB renders the scene as "grinding at the millstone" and then contrasts one taken with one released.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the activity as "grinding at the same place" in Luke 17:35 and "grinding at the millstone" in Matthew 24:41. These are translation renderings of the verse clauses rather than definitions.