The corpus record

ἀλοάω

aloao

tread, thresh

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Where it lives

1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
1 Corinthians 2 · 2.96/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Economics 2 · 1.12/10k
Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k
Jeremias 2 · 0.72/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἀλοάω · aloaō — LSJ

tread, thresh

tread, thresh, Pl. Thg. 124a, X. Oec. 18.2, LXX De. 25.4.

2 thresh, smite, cudgel, thrash

thresh, smite, γῆν χερσὶν ἀλοία Il. 9.568, 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, batter down

crush, smash, σκεύη Id. 129.16; batter down, πόλεις LXX Je. 5.17.

II drive round and round

drive round and round, like cattle treading out corn, Ar. Th. 2 (acc. to Sch.).

In the wild

ἀλοῶν · aloōn Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 2)
ἀλοία · aloia Iliad 9.568
ἀλοῶν · aloōn New Testament, 1 Corinthians 9.10 (DIORISIS sentence 241)
ἀλοῶντα · aloōnta New Testament, 1 Corinthians 9.9 (DIORISIS sentence 239)
ἀλοῶντα · aloōnta New Testament, 1 Timothy 5.18 (DIORISIS sentence 68)
ἀλοῶντα · aloōnta Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 25

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀλοάω (scan p. 120; entry #387).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀλοάω (scan p. 107; entry #377).

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