λικμάω, -ῶ
(< λικμός = λίκνον, a winnowing-fan), [in LXX chiefly for זרה ni., pi., Ru 3:2, III Ki 14:15, Is 17:13, Je 38 (31):10, Da 2:44, al.;]
1. in cl., to winnow (so Ru 3:2).
2. In LXX (III Ki 14:15, Is 17:13, Je 38 (31):10, Da 2:44), to scatter (as chaff or dust): Lk 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), Mt 21:44 [WH], R, txt.†