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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2867 - κονιάω

Transliteration

koniáō

Phonetics

kon-ee-ah'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from konia (dust, by analogy, lime)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

3:827,453

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to cover with lime, plaster over, whitewash
1. the Jews were accustomed to whitewash the entrances to their sepulchres, as a warning against defilement by touching them
2. term applied to a hypocrite who conceals his malice under an outward assumption of piety

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 7874 ‑ שִׂיד (seed);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Matthew 1

Acts 1

NAS (2)

Matthew 1

Acts 1

HCS (2)

Matthew 1

Acts 1

BSB (2)

Matthew 1

Acts 1

ESV (2)

Matthew 1

Acts 1

WEB (2)

Matthew 1

Acts 1

KJV (2)

whited 2

NAS (2)

whitewashed 2

HCS (2)

whitewashed 1

you whitewashed 1

BSB (2)

whitewashed 2

ESV (2)

whitewashed 2

WEB (2)

you are like whitened 1

you whitewashed 1

RAH

V-FAI2S 2

V-XPPDPM 1

ANT

V-RPP-VSM 1

V-XPPDPM 1

BEZ

V-RPP-DPM 1

V-RPP-VSM 1

BGB

V-RPM/P-DMP 1

V-RPM/P-VMS 1

BMT

V-RPP-DPM 1

V-RPP-VSM 1

BYZ

V-RPP-DPM 1

V-RPP-VSM 1

ELZ

V-RPP-DPM 1

V-RPP-VSM 1

NA26

V-XPPDPM 1

V-XPPVSM 1

SBL

V-XPPDPM 1

V-XPPVSM 1

SCV

V-RPP-DPM 1

V-RPP-VSM 1

STV

V-RPP-DPM 1

V-RPP-VSM 1

TIS

V-RPP-DPM 1

V-RPP-VSM 1

V-RPP-DPM 1

V-RPP-VSM 1

V-RPP-DPM 1

V-RPP-VSM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

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).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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 , 1 at the end; cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 316ff)), Matthew 23:27; τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε is applied to a hypocrite who conceals his malice under an outward assumption of piety, Acts 23:3. (Demosthenes, Aristotle, Plutarch, others; for שִׂיד, Deuteronomy 27:2, 4.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

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.).

List of Word Forms

κεκονιαμενε κεκονιαμένε κεκονιαμενοις κεκονιαμένοις κονιάσεις kekoniamene kekoniaméne kekoniamenois kekoniaménois