King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2971
Transliteration: kōnōps
Phonetic Spelling: (ko'-nopes)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a gnat
Meaning: a gnat
κώνωψ, κωνωπος, ὁ, a gnat ((Aeschylus), Herodotus, Hippocrates, others); of the wine-gnat or midge that is bred in (fermenting and) evaporating wine (Aristotle, h. an. 5, 19 (p. 552{b}, 5; cf. Bochart, Hierozoicon, iii. 444; Buxtorf, Lex. talm. etc. 921 (474{a} Fischer edition))): Matthew 23:24.
Word Summary
kōnōps: a gnat
Original Word: κώνωψTransliteration: kōnōps
Phonetic Spelling: (ko'-nopes)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a gnat
Meaning: a gnat
Strong's Concordance
gnat. Apparently a derivative of the base of kentron and a derivative of optanomai; a mosquito (from its stinging proboscis) -- gnat.
see GREEK kentron
see GREEK optanomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2971: κώνωψκώνωψ, κωνωπος, ὁ, a gnat ((Aeschylus), Herodotus, Hippocrates, others); of the wine-gnat or midge that is bred in (fermenting and) evaporating wine (Aristotle, h. an. 5, 19 (p. 552{b}, 5; cf. Bochart, Hierozoicon, iii. 444; Buxtorf, Lex. talm. etc. 921 (474{a} Fischer edition))): Matthew 23:24.