κονιάω

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G2867

Transliteration: koniáō

Pronunciation: kon-ee-ah'-o

Definition: whiten

- Original: κονιάω

- Transliteration: Koniao

- Phonetic: kon-ee-ah'-o

- Definition:

1. to cover with lime, plaster over, whitewash

a. the Jews were accustomed to whitewash the entrances to their sepulchres, as a warning against defilement by touching them

b. term applied to a hypocrite who conceals his malice under an outward assumption of piety

- Origin: from konia (dust, by analogy, lime)

- TDNT entry: 16:47,5

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From κονία konia (dust; by analogy lime); to whitewash: - whiten.