verb
aloamō
Strong’sG248
I thresh
stem alo-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
ἀλοάω, -ῶ
(< ἅλως, v.s. ἅλων; and cf. MM, VGT, s.v.), [in LXX chiefly for דּוּשׁ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G248 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidal-o-ah'-o
to tread out grain
Fromfrom the same as G257;
King Jamesthresh, tread out the corn.
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
Epic dialect ἀλοιάω Refs 3rd c.BC+: Epic dialect imperfect ἀλοίαRefs 8th c.BC+: future -ήσωLXX, Doric dialect ἀλοιησέωRefs 7th c.BC+: aorist ἠλόησαRefs 5th c.BC+participle ἀλοάσας [ᾱς] Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect ἠλοίησα (ἀπ-) Refs 8th c.BC+, (συν-) Refs 3rd c.BC+:—passive, future -ηθήσομαιLXX: aorist ἠλοήθηνRefs 4th c.BC+: perfect ἠλόημαιRefs 4th c.BC+ — poetry aorist participle ἀλοίσας (as if from ἀλοίω,Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἀλοϝάω uncertain in Refs:—tread, thresh, LXX+5th c.BC+
2 thresh, smite, γῆν χερσὶν ἀλοίαRefs 8th c.BC+; cudgel, thrash, Glotta [same place], Refs 5th c.BC+
3 crush, smash, σκεύηRefs; destroy, πόλειςLXX
II drive round and round, like cattle treading out corn, Refs 5th c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| aloarōntosἀλοῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | threshes | 1× |
| aloarōntonἀλοῶντα | happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular masculine | treading out the grain | 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 | aloamō | aloame | aloami | aloama | aloamē | aloamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | aloasō | aloase | aloasi | aloasa | aloasē | aloaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aloatō | aloate | aloati | aloata | aloatē | aloatelē |
| we 1st person plural | aloanō | aloane | aloani | aloana | aloanē | aloanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | aloavō | aloave | aloavi | aloava | aloavē | aloavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | aloalō | aloale | aloali | aloala | aloalē | aloalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | aloameiō | aloameia | aloameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | aloaseiō | aloaseia | aloaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aloateiō | aloateia | aloateiē |
| we 1st person plural | aloaneiō | aloaneia | aloaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | aloaveiō | aloaveia | aloaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | aloaleiō | aloaleia | aloaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | aloasōr | aloasar | aloasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aloatōr | aloatar | aloatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | aloavōr | aloavar | aloavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | aloalōr | aloalar | aloalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | aloamoiō | aloamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | aloasoiō | aloasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | aloatoiō | aloatoia |
| we 1st person plural | aloanoiō | aloanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | aloavoiō | aloavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | aloaloiō | aloaloia |
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 | aloarō | aloari | aloara | aloarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 3 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | aloarōntos3×ἀλοῶν | aloarintos | aloarantos | aloarēntos |
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
alo 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
aloarōntos“threshes”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
1 Corinthians 9:10… elpida tos arotriarōntos arotriarō, kai tos aloarōntos epi elpida teu metecharō.… the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share …
aloarōnton“treading out the grain”happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular masculine2×
1 Corinthians 9:9… Mōusou nomo grafotē; Ouk kēmasi bouon aloarōnton. mē toiu bouoiu meleiatō to theo,… muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God …
1 Timothy 5:18legatō gar tas grafas; Bouon aloarōnton ouk fimasi, kai; Axios tos ergatos …… muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of …