Definition

a "mill", i.e. (by implication), a grinder (millstone)

Etymology

probably ultimately from the base of G3433 (μόλις) (through the idea of hardship);

Where the KJV renders it

• millstone

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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