G224: ἄλευρον (áleuron)

Quick Definition

ἄλευρον, ου, τό n.n. meal, flour

Strong's Definition

from aleo (to grind); flour

KJV Usage: meal

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄλευρον (G0224)

noun, n. | -ου | ἀλέω (grind [of grain]) · ἀλήθω

5.9 · Foods and Condiments · Food

wheat flour a powder made by grinding the wheat berry; used in baking, esp. bread In some languages wheat flour is described as ‘ground wheat’ or ‘powdered wheat.’

MAT 13:33 · LUK 13:21

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἄλευρον, -ov, τό, (ἀλεύω to grind), wheaten flour, meal: Mt. xiii. 33; Lk. xiii. 21. Hesych. ἄλευρα κυρίως τὰ τοῦ σίτου, ἄλφιτα δὲ τῶν κριθῶν. (Hdt., Xen., Plat., Joseph., al.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄλευρον aleuron 2x

meal, flour, Mt. 13:33; Lk. 13:21*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἄλευρον, -ου, τό

(< ἀλεύω, to grind), [in LXX for קֶמַח, Nu 5:15, al.;]

real: Mt 13:33, Lk 13:21.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄλευρον. The word (MGr ἀλεύρι) is found in the long magical papyrus P Lond 121°*® (iii/A.p.) (= I. p. 101): ef. 26. 1170 verso 450 (Α.Ὁ. 258-9) (= III. p. 204) σάκκον adevpfolv, and 26. 98818 (=TIII. p. 244) (iv/A.D.) αὐτὸς yap τὰ ἑαυτοῦ ἔχι ἄλευρα.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄλευρον (aleuron) — flour. ἄλευρον · τάφος

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