Lexicon
ἀλήθω
alēthō
G0229
G:V Greek

to grind

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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.

Senses in use

  1. 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.

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