verb
alēthamō
Strong’sG229
I grind
stem alēth-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἀλήθω
(κοινή form of the Attic ἀλέω), [in LXX for טחן;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G229 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidal-ay'-tho
to grind
Fromfrom the same as G224;
King Jamesgrind.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
= Attic dialect ἀλέω (A), mostly present (and imperfect, LXX+5th c.BC+; probably in Refs 3rd c.BC+: aorist participle passive ἀλησθένRefs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| alētharōntaisἀλήθουσαι | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural feminine | grinding | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | alēthamō | alēthame | alēthami | alēthama | alēthamē | alēthamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | alēthasō | alēthase | alēthasi | alēthasa | alēthasē | alēthaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alēthatō | alēthate | alēthati | alēthata | alēthatē | alēthatelē |
| we 1st person plural | alēthanō | alēthane | alēthani | alēthana | alēthanē | alēthanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | alēthavō | alēthave | alēthavi | alēthava | alēthavē | alēthavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | alēthalō | alēthale | alēthali | alēthala | alēthalē | alēthalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | alēthameiō | alēthameia | alēthameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | alēthaseiō | alēthaseia | alēthaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alēthateiō | alēthateia | alēthateiē |
| we 1st person plural | alēthaneiō | alēthaneia | alēthaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | alēthaveiō | alēthaveia | alēthaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | alēthaleiō | alēthaleia | alēthaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | alēthasōr | alēthasar | alēthasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alēthatōr | alēthatar | alēthatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | alēthavōr | alēthavar | alēthavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | alēthalōr | alēthalar | alēthalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | alēthamoiō | alēthamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | alēthasoiō | alēthasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | alēthatoiō | alēthatoia |
| we 1st person plural | alēthanoiō | alēthanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | alēthavoiō | alēthavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | alēthaloiō | alēthaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | alētharō | alēthari | alēthara | alētharē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | alētharōntos2× | alētharintos | alētharantos | alētharēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
alēth is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
alētharōntais“grinding”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural feminine2×
Matthew 24:41duo alētharōntais en to mulo, henas paralabotō kai …Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be …
Luke 17:35eli duo alētharōntais epi tem autem, tas henas paralabiti …Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken …