Strong's Greek · G257

ἅλων

hálōn

floor

Definition

a threshing-floor (as rolled hard), i.e. (figuratively) the grain (and chaff, as just threshed)

Derivation

probably from the base of G1507 (εἱλίσσω);

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Luke 3:17

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.”

Matthew 3:12

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.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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