King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2867
Transliteration: koniaō
Phonetic Spelling: (kon-ee-ah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to plaster over
Meaning: to plaster over
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.)
Word Summary
koniaō: to plaster over
Original Word: κονιάωTransliteration: koniaō
Phonetic Spelling: (kon-ee-ah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to plaster over
Meaning: to plaster over
Strong's Concordance
whiten, whitewashFrom konia (dust; by analogy, lime); to whitewash -- whiten.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2867: κονιάωκονιάω, 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