ἀλοάω,
ἀλοιάω Theoc. 10.48: impf. ἀλοία Il. 9.568: fut. -ήσω LXX [Jer 5:17], Dor. ἀλοιησέω Tyrt. in Berl.Sitzb. 1918.728: aor. ἠλόησα Ar. Ra. 149, Herod. 2.34 (ἀλοιήσῃ ib. 51), part. ἀλοάσας [ᾱς] Pherecr. 65; ἠλοίησα (ἀπ-) Il. 4.522, (συν-) Theoc. 22.128: - Pass., fut. -ηθήσομαι LXX [Jer 51:33](28).33: aor. ἠλοήθην Thphr. CP 4.6.5, Plb. 10.12.9, Plu. 2.327a: pf. ἠλόημαι Thphr. CP 4.12.9 (Cod. Urb.): - poet. aor. part. ἀλοίσας (as if from ἀλοίω, cf. Eust. 775.8, Hdn. Epim. 277) dub. l. in Epigr. ap. D.L. 7.31; ἀλοϝάω dub. in Glotta 4.202 (archaic Apulian vase): -
1. tread, thresh, Pl. Thg. 124a, X. Oec. 18.2, LXX De. 25.4.
2. thresh, smite, γῆν χερσὶν ἀλοία Il. 0.568, cf. Epigr. l.c.; μηρόν Plu. TG 2; cudgel, thrash, Glotta l. c., S. Fr. 20 (dub.), Ar. Ra. 149, Herod. 2.34; ῥοπάλῳ τινά Babr. 98.15.
3. crush, smash, σκεύη Id. 129.16; destroy, πόλεις LXX [Jer 5:17]. II drive round and round, like cattle treading out corn, Ar. Th. 2 (acc. to Sch.).
G248 — ἀλοάω
(ῶ; (connected with ἡ ἅλως or ἡ ἀλωή, the floor on which grain is trodden or threshed out); to thresh, (Ammon. τό ἐπί τῇ ἅλω πατεῖν καί τρίβειν τάς στάχυας): ([1Co 9:9]),[1Co 9:10]; [1Ti 5:18] ([Deu 25:4]). In secular authors from Aristophanes, Plato down.
ἀλοάω , - ῶ
( < ἅλως , see ἅλων ; and cf. MM , VGT , s.v. ),
[in LXX chiefly for H1758;]
to thresh: [1Co 9:9]; 1Co 9:13 ; [1Ti 5:18]. †