G257 ἅλων

Strong's Greek Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

ἅλων

hálōn

Definition

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

KJV Renderings

floor

Derivation / Etymology

probably from the base of G1507 (εἱλίσσω);

KJV Verses (2)

Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Luke 3:17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.