Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
λικμάω (G3039)
2 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.;] in cl., to winnow (so Ru 3:2 ). 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.†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain