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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - μύλος

μύλος

G3458

Transliteration: mýlos

Pronunciation: moo'-los

Definition: millstone


- Original: μύλος

- Transliteration: Mulos

- Phonetic: moo'-los

- Definition:

1. a mill stone

a. a large mill consisted of two stones, an upper and an under one

b. the "nether" stone was stationary, but the upper one was turned by an ass

2. a mill, the noise made by a mill

- Origin: probably ultimately from the base of G3433" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3433 (through the idea of hardship)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: Probably ultimately from the base of G3433" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3433 (through the idea of hardship); a mill that is (by implication) a grinder (millstone): - millstone.


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