Hálōn — G257

Definition

feminine noun

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

Usually translated as

floor

Origin

probably from the base of G1507

• heilíssō (G1507)

Occurrences

Hálōn occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (1)

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