Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #257: halon (pronounced hal'-ohn)

probably from the base of 1507; a threshing-floor (as rolled hard), i.e. (figuratively) the grain (and chaff, as just threshed):--floor.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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halōn

1) a ground plot or threshing floor, i.e. a place in the field made hard after the harvest by a roller, where grain was threshed out

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: probably from the base of G1507

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Matthew 3:12: "and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat"
Luke 3:17: "and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat"