μύλων
mýlōn
G3459
SILEX Entry
Definition
A place or structure where grinding or milling takes place, specifically a building or room housing a mill for grinding grain into flour. In context, refers to the site of grinding activity, distinct from the millstone or mechanical device itself. Can be used for both small household mills and larger communal or commercial mills.
Semantic Range
mill-house, place of grinding, mill, building or room where milling occurs
Root / Etymology
From μύλος (mýlos) meaning 'mill, millstone'; the suffix -ων indicates a place associated with the root, thus 'the place where a millstone operates.'
Historical & Contextual Notes
In classical and Hellenistic Greek, μύλων referred to variously sized places where milling occurred, from small domestic spaces to larger facilities. In the New Testament (e.g., Matthew 24:41), it typically suggests a household millroom, a common part of domestic architecture for Israelite and Judean households, often involving two women working together. The word is fewer in occurrence than μύλος (the stone itself) and emphasizes the location or establishment over the apparatus. In later Greek, μύλων came to refer more broadly to larger, even water-powered, mills as technology developed, but in biblical-period texts, primarily denotes the hand-mill setting. English translations usually render it as 'mill' or 'millhouse,' but may not always distinguish it from 'millstone.'
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
from μύλος; a mill-house:--mill.
Word Forms
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Occurrences in Scripture
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