aloao denotes the ongoing action of threshing, shown with an ox and with a person expecting a share.

The attested use consistently denotes ongoing threshing activity: an ox is not to be muzzled while doing it, and a person does it in hope of sharing in the result.

1. Threshing in an agricultural setting · dominant

   The present active participle describes an ox in 1 Corinthians 9:9 and 1 Timothy 5:18; the APB renders the clauses "while it is threshing" and "when it treads out the grain." In 1 Corinthians 9:10, the nominative participle identifies "the one threshing" as acting in hope of sharing.

   1 Corinthians 9:91 Corinthians 9:101 Timothy 5:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the activity as "threshing" in 1 Corinthians 9:9 and 1 Corinthians 9:10, and as "treads out the grain" in 1 Timothy 5:18. These phrases confirm the clauses' agricultural activity rather than establish separate meanings.