Word Study · Strong's G3458 · Greek
μύλος
mylos
moo'-los
Strong's 1890 spelling: mýlos
“a "mill", i.e. (by implication), a grinder (millstone)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a "mill", i.e. (by implication), a grinder (millstone)
Rendered in the KJV as
millstone.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- μύλος2
- μύλου1
- μύλῳ·1
How it is rendered · 3
- a millstone2
- mill;1
- of a millstone1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM · 2
- N-DSM · 1
- N-GSM · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 18:6μύλοςmulosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.here: a millstone
- Matthew 24:41μύλῳ·mulōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularTwo women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.here: mill;