What does ἄλευρον (áleuron) mean in the Bible?
ἄλευρον (áleuron) is a Greek word meaning "flour".
Greek · G224
ἄλευρον
Flour
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ἄλευρονG224
Pronunciationáleuron
What does ἄλευρον (áleuron) mean in the Bible?
ἄλευρον (áleuron) is a Greek word meaning "flour".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G224?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of flour (2).
Where does ἄλευρον (áleuron) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:33. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itof flour2×Matthew 13:33, Luke 13:21
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 13:33
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Luke1
Source forms
ἀλεύρου2xaleurouMatthew 13:33, Luke 13:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular2xMatthew 13:33, Luke 13:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. flour
Strong'sG224
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
flour
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:33Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ἀλεύρουaleurou
meal, flour
Read verseLuke 13:21Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ἀλεύρουaleurou
meal, flour
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · NeuterMatt 13:33 · Luke 13:212×