Mylos means “millstone” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3458 — yishmael (“Ishmael”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3458 μύλος (mulos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mulos (moo'-los) n. 1. a "mill" 2. (by implication), a grinder (millstone) It has 10 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include millstone. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
mulos (moo'-los) n. 1. a "mill" 2. (by implication), a grinder (millstone) [probably ultimately from the base of G3433 (through the idea of hardship)] KJV: millstone Root(s): G3433
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3458. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
millstone
Usage: μύλος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for רֵחֶה, Num.11:8, Deu.24:6, al. ;] __1. = μύλη, a mill (Strab., Plut., LXX) : Mat.24:41, Rev.18:22. __2. a mill-stone (Anth.) : Rev.18:21 (T); μ. ὀνικός, Mat.18:6, Mrk.9:42 (see Swete, in l).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mulos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3458 (μύλος) appears 6 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits on the throne, even to the firstborn of the maidservant that is by the mill, and to the firstborn of all cattle.
And the people went through the field, and gathered, and ground it in the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste of wafer made with oil.
Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3458.
And every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits on the throne, even to the firstborn of the maidservant that is by the mill, and to the firstborn of all cattle.
And the people went through the field, and gathered, and ground it in the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste of wafer made with oil.
Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge.
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal son of Ner? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from above the wall, and he died in Thebez? why did ye draw near to the wall? then thou shalt say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.
And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did ye draw nigh to the wall to fight? knew ye not that ye would be wounded from off the wall? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thebez? why did ye draw near to the wall?
Take a millstone, grind meal: remove thy veil, uncover thy white hairs, make bare the leg, pass through the rivers.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3458, grouped by book.
Mylos (Strong's G3458) is a Greek word most simply glossed "millstone". mulos (moo'-los) n. 1. a "mill" 2. (by implication), a grinder (millstone)
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G3458 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3458 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as millstone. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3458, with linked reader references where each row is available.