Quick Definition
λικμάω v. I crush to powder
Strong's Definition
from likmos, the equivalent of liknon (a winnowing fan or basket); to winnow, i.e. (by analogy), to triturate
KJV Usage: grind to powder
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λικμάω, -: fut. λικμήσω ; (λικμός a winnowing-van) ; 1. 10 winnow, cleanse away the chaff from grain by winnowing, (Hom., Xen., Plut., al.; Sept.). 2. in a sense unknown to prof. auth., /o scatter (opp. to συνάγω, Jer. xxxi. (or xxxviii.) 10; add, Is. xvii. 13; Am. ix. 9). 3. to crush to pieces, grind to powder: τινά, Mt. xxi. 44 [RG L br. WH br.]; Lk. xx. 18; ef. Dan. ii. 44 [Theodot.]; Sap. xi.19 (18). [But in Dan. ]. 6. it represents the Aphel of 10 finem facere, and on Sap. 1. c. see Grimm. Many decline to follow the rendering of the Vulg. (conterere, comminuere), but refer the exx. under this head to the preceding.]* Aud, so Tdf. ed. 7, for Aaya, q. v.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λικμάω likmaō 2x
pr. to winnow grain; in NT to scatter like chaff, crush, Mt. 21:44; Lk. 20:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λικμάω, -ῶ
(< λικμός = λίκνον, a winnowing-fan), [in LXX chiefly for זרה ni., pi., Ru 3:2, III Ki 14:15, Is 17:13, Je 38 (31):10, Da 2:44, al.;]
in cl., to winnow (so Ru 3:2).
In LXX (III Ki 14:15, Is 17:13, Je 38 (31):10, Da 2:44), to scatter (as chaff or dust): Lk 20:18 (RV, scatter as dust, Deiss., BS, 225 f., quotes ex. in π. which suggests the meaning ruin, destroy; cf. Vg. comminuet, AV, grind to powder; cf. also Kennedy, Sources, 126), Mt 21:44 [WH], R, txt.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λικμάω. For λικμάω in its original sense of ‘‘ winnow’’ (as in LXX Ruth 32, Sir 5°) we may cite PSI V. 522? (B.c. 248-7) ὁ δ[ὲ ὄ]ροβος ἄρτι ἐλικμᾶτο, BGU IV. roqgo™ (ii/a.p.) ἐ[πεὶ] ἤμελλεν λικμᾶν, P Ryl IT. 4423 (iii/A.p.) ἐὰν λικμήσωσι τὴν ἁλωνίαν, τὰ ἄχυρᾳ yeploovrar. . . Cf. λικμάζω in P Oxy XII. 14823 (ii/a.D.) λελικμήκαμεν τὴν κριθήν. Many find the other LXX usage= “‘scatter” (Isai 171° a/.) in the two NT passages where the verb occurs (Mt 2144, Lk 2018) : see e.g. Kennedy Sovrces, p. 126f. On the other hand, Deissmann (BS, p. 225 f.) defends the AV translation ‘‘crush,” ‘grind to powder” (following the Vulgate comterere, comminuere) on the evidence of BGU I. 1468 (ii/ili a.D.), a complaint against certain men who—éAlkpyodv μου τὸ λάχανον, ‘had stamped, ruined, my Adxavov.” Boll (Offerbarung, p. 130 n.1) supplies further profane evidence in the same direction from Lyd. p. 53, 13 λικμητὸν ἀνθρώποις ἀπειλεῖ, where λικμητός has the meaning of ἀπώλεια.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λικμάω (likmaō) — to crush. λικμ-άω, future -ήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐλίκμησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— part the grain from the chaff, winnow, ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καρπὸν ἀπ᾽ ἀσταχύων B.[same place]: metaphorically, scatter like chaff, [LXX]; make away with,[LXX]; crush, destroy, ἐλίκμησάν μου τὸ λάχανον [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐφ᾽ ὃν δ᾽ ἂν πέσῃ (i.e. ὁ λίθος) λικμήσει αὐτόν [NT]