What does μύλος (mýlos) mean in the Bible?
μύλος (mýlos): Large grinding stone or millstone, symbolizing inevitable destructive judgment in apocalyptic contexts.
Greek · G3458
μύλος
Millstone
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μύλοςG3458
Pronunciationmýlos
What does μύλος (mýlos) mean in the Bible?
μύλος (mýlos): Large grinding stone or millstone, symbolizing inevitable destructive judgment in apocalyptic contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3458?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include millstone (3), mill (1), of a millstone (1).
Where does μύλος (mýlos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 18:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Revelation (2), Mark (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 Itmillstone3×Matthew 18:6, Mark 9:42, Revelation 18:21
mill1×Matthew 24:41
of a millstone1×Revelation 18:22
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 18:6μύλοςtomillstoneNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularMatthew 24:41μύλῳtomillNoun - Dative Masculine SingularMark 9:42μύλοςtomillstoneNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularRevelation 18:21μύλινονtomillstoneAdjective - Accusative Masculine SingularRevelation 18:22μύλουtoof a millstoneNoun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 18:6
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
Matthew2Mark1Revelation2
Source forms
μύλος2xmylosMatthew 18:6, Mark 9:42
μύλινον1xmylinonRevelation 18:21
μύλου1xmylouRevelation 18:22
μύλῳ1xmylōMatthew 24:41
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular2xMatthew 18:6, Mark 9:42
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular1xRevelation 18:21
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular1xMatthew 24:41
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xRevelation 18:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Large grinding stone or millstone, symbolizing inevitable destructive judgment in apocalyptic contexts.
Strong'sG3458
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 17:1-10Source Gloss
millstone
Extended definition
Large grinding stone or millstone, symbolizing inevitable destructive judgment in apocalyptic contexts.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 18:6Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
μύλοςmulov
a millstone
Read verseLuke 17:2Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
μύλοςmulov
a millstone
Read verseRevelation 18:21Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
μύλονmulon
a millstone
Read verseRevelation 18:22Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
μύλουmulou
a millstone
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 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMatt 18:6 · Mark 9:422×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineRev 18:221×
Dative · Singular · MasculineMatt 24:411×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Large stone used as instrument of severe punishment or death by drowning
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
μύλος is built from this root:
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