noun · feminine
halōnas
Greekἅλων (halōn)
Strong’sG257
a threshing-floor
stem halōn-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἅλων, -ωνος
(for Attic ἅλως, -ω, v. MM, VGT, s.v.), ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for גֹּרֶן;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G257 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhal'-ohn
a threshing-floor (as rolled hard), i.e. (figuratively) the grain (and chaff, as just threshed)
Fromprobably from the base of G1507;
King Jamesfloor.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | halōnas | halōnais |
| object accusative | halōnan2×ἅλωνα | halōnain |
| direct address vocative | halōnar | halōnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | halōnau | halōnaiu |
| to, for dative | halōna | halōnai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
halōna 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
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
halōnan“threshing floor”objectaccusative singular2×
Matthew 3:12“threshing floor”hou tem ptuem en ta cheira autou, kai diakatharizati tan halōnan autou kai sunagati ton siton autou eis tan apothēkan, tem de achurem katakaiati pure asbeste.His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Luke 3:17“threshing floor”hou tem ptuem en ta cheira autou diakathairara tan halōnan autou kai sunagara ton siton eis tan apothēkan autou, tem de achurem katakaiati pure asbeste.His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”