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Strong's #2867 - κονιάω
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- to cover with lime, plaster over, whitewash
- the Jews were accustomed to whitewash the entrances to their sepulchres, as a warning against defilement by touching them
- term applied to a hypocrite who conceals his malice under an outward assumption of piety
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κονι-άω,
(κονία 111)
1. plaster with lime or stucco, D. 3.29, 23.208, IG 22.1672.107, 140, 179, Inscr.Magn. 100b.40, etc.: — Med., κ. τοὺς ἐγχελεῶνας have them plastered, Arist. HA 592a4: — Pass., Bito 55.9, Plu. Comp.Arist.Cat.Ma. 4, IG 7.2712.35 (Acraeph.); τάφοι κεκονιαμένοι Matthew 23:27.
2. generally, daub over, as with pitch, ἀγγεῖα κεκονιαμένα D.S. 19.94.
3. metaph., κ. τὸ πρόσωπον paint, disguise it, Philostr. 22: — Pass., κεκονιαμένοι LXX Proverbs 21:9 (κεκονιαμένους is f.l. for κεκονιμένους Them. Or. 7.91d).
κονιάω, κονίω: perfect passive participle κεκονιαμενος; (from κονία, which signifies not only 'dust' but also 'lime'); to cover with lime, plaster over, whitewash: τάφοι κεκονιάμενοι (the Jews were accustomed to whitewash the entrances to their sepulchres, as a warning against defilement by touching them (B. D. under the word
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κονιάω , -ῶ
(< κονία , dust, lime),
[in LXX: Deuteronomy 27:2; Deuteronomy 27:4 (H7874), Proverbs 21:9*;]
to plaster or whiten over: of tombs, Matthew 23:27; fig., of a hypocrite, Acts 23:3.†
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κονιάω, ";whitewash,"; is found in a series of temple accounts, Michel 594.96 (Delos—B.C. 279) τὴν θυμέλην τοῦ βωμοῦ τοῦ ἐν τῆι νήσωι κονιάσαντι Φιλοκράτε. The pass., as in Matthew 23:27, occurs in CIG I. 1625.16. For κονία, ";plaster,"; and κονιατής, ";plasterer,"; see P Oxy XII. 1450 .4, .6 (A.D. 249–50), and for κονίασις, ";plastering,"; P Flor III. 384.78 (v/A.D.) τὴν τῶν δωμάτων κονίασιν, and for κονίαμα. PSI V. 547.19 (iii/B.C.) τὴν κρύπτην ὁμοίαν τῶι κονιάματι. In the private account P Oxy IV. 739.7 (c. A.D. 1) κονίου εἰς πρ [ο ]σφαγίου (ὀβολός), the meaning may be ";powder (?) for a relish 1 ob."; (Edd.).
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