δύο ἀλήθουσαι ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό
"Two" · to grind · it/s/He
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Words in this compound — expand to study each participant
δύο G1417 "two"
ἀλήθω G229 to grind
αὐτός G846 it/s/he
What does δύο ἀλήθουσαι ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό (dyo alēthousai epi to auto) mean in the Bible?
δύο · ἀλήθω · αὐτός is a Greek word meaning "two women grinding together".
Full entry for δύο ἀλήθουσαι ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό (G1417, G229, G846) · Browse the biblical lexicon
Meaning
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain