(; in Rev 18:21 Textus Receptus , following B, has ; L WH [Note: H Westcott-Horts Greek Testament.] , following A, have ; C has ; Lat. mola)<\/p>\n
The mill of the ancients (as of many Syrians to-day) was a quern-two circular stones, of which the upper and smaller rotated upon the other. The hard and monotonous labour of grinding was imposed on women; in wealthier houses, on female slaves (Exo 11:5, Mat 24:41). If the upper stone was small, it was turned by one person; if it was of greater size, two, three, or even four slaves required to work together at the task. The heavy toil was often somewhat lightened with a song. The writer of the Revelation alludes to these things in two successive verses. A great millstone flung impetuously (, with a rush, or indignantly; see Septuagint Hos 5:10) into the sea, to rise no more, is his image of the overthrow of Imperial Rome (Rev 18:21). So complete is the desolation he foresees, that the sound of the mill ( , the of the classics; cf. Septuagint in Ecc 12:4), the familiar murmur of domestic life, will never be heard again in the ruined city, which will have become a city of death (Rev 18:22).<\/p>\n
Literature.-J. Yates, article Mola in Smiths DGRA [Note: GRA Dict. of Greek and Roman Antiquities.] 2; G. M. Mackie, Bible Manners and Customs2, 1903; W. Carslaw, article Mill, Millstone in Hasting’s Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols) ; A. R. S. Kennedy, article Mill, Millstones in Encyclopaedia Biblica ; C. M. Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta, 1888, ii. 179.<\/p>\n
James Strahan.<\/p>\n
(, re’keb, usually a chariot, hence the upper millstone or rider, Deu 24:6; more fully. , Jdg 9:53; 2Sa 11:21; in Job 41:24 there is no Hebrew word corresponding; in Isa 47:2; Jer 25:10, ; elsewhere rendered mill; Gr. ). SEE MILL.<\/p>\n
milston. See MILL.<\/p>\n
Not to be taken in pledge<\/p>\n
Deu 24:6<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Probably used in executions by drowning<\/p>\n Mat 18:6<\/span>; Mar 9:42<\/span>; Luk 17:2<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Abimelech killed by one being hurled upon him<\/p>\n Jdg 9:53<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Figurative of the hard heart<\/p>\n Job 41:24<\/span> <\/p>\n denotes “a handmill,” consisting of two circular stones, one above the other, the lower being fixed. From the center of the lower a wooden pin passes through a hole in the upper, into which the grain is thrown, escaping as flour between the stones and falling on a prepared material below them. The handle is inserted into the upper stone near the circumference. Small stones could be turned by one woman (mill-grinding was a work deemed fit only for women and slaves; cp. Jdg 16:21<\/span>); larger ones were turned by two (cp. Mat 24:41<\/span>, under MILL), or more. <\/p>\n Still larger ones were turned by an ass (onikos), Mat 18:6<\/span>, RV, “a great millstone” (marg., “a millstone turned by an ass”), indicating the immediate and overwhelming drowning of one who causes one young believer to stumble; Mar 9:42<\/span> (where some mss. have lithos multikos, “a stone of a mill,” as in Luk 17:2<\/span>); Rev 18:22<\/span> (some mss. have it in Rev 18:21<\/span>, see below). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “of a mill,” occurs in Luk 17:2<\/span> (see above). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “made of millstone,” is used with lithos, “a stone;” and with the adjective megas, “great,” in the best mss. in Rev 18:21<\/span> (some have the word mulos; see A). <\/p>\n Millstone (; in Rev 18:21 Textus Receptus , following B, has ; L WH [Note: H Westcott-Horts Greek Testament.] , following A, have ; C has ; Lat. mola) The mill of the ancients (as of many Syrians to-day) was a quern-two circular stones, of which the upper and smaller rotated upon the other. The … Continue reading “Millstone”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Millstone<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"