λικμάω

likmaō

to crush

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Strong’s G3039Verb2 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Matthew1

Luke1

Translated as

it will grind to powder1

it will grind into powder1

In the text

Matthew 21:44λικμήσει
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Luke 20:18λικμήσει
Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

Abbott-Smith

λικμάω, -ῶ
(λικμός = λίκνον, a winnowing-fan), [in LXX chiefly for זָרָה ni., pi., Rut.3:2 3Ki.14:15, Isa.17:13, Jer.31:10, Dan.2:44, al. ;]

1. in cl., to winnow (so Ru, l.with).

2. In LXX (ll with, exc. Ru), to scatter (as chaff or dust): Luk.20:18 (RV, scatter as dust, Deiss., BS, 225 f., quotes ex. in π. which suggests the meaning ruin, destroy; cf. Vg. comminuet, AV, grind to powder; cf. also Kennedy, Sources, 126), Mat.21:44 [WH], R, txt.†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.