STRONGS NUMBER G2868


Word Summary
koniortos: dust
Original Word: κονιορτός
Transliteration: koniortos
Phonetic Spelling: (kon-ee-or-tos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: dust
Meaning: dust
Strong's Concordance
dust.

From the base of koniao and ornumi (to "rouse"); pulverulence (as blown about) -- dust.

see GREEK koniao

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2868: κονιορτός

κονιορτός, κονιορτοῦ, (from κονία, and ὄρνυμι to stir up);

1. properly, raised dust, flying dust (Herodotus, Plato, Polybius, others).

2. universally, dust: Matthew 10:14; Luke 9:5; Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; Acts 22:23. (For אָבָק, Exodus 9:9; Nahum 1:3; for עָפָר, Deuteronomy 9:21.)