To whitewash
κονιάωStrong’s G2867koniaō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Koniaō is the Greek word usually translated “whitewashed”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.”
Meaning
Usually translated “whitewashed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- whitewashed 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Acts 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
κονιάω koniaō · to whitewash
κονιάω, -ῶ (κονία, dust, lime), [in LXX: Deu.27:2, 4 (שִׂיד), Pro.21:9 * ;] to plaster or whiten over: of tombs, Mat.23:27; figuratively, of a hypocrite, Act.23:3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “whitewash” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WHITEWASH, noun
[white and wash.]
- A wash or liquid composition for whitening something; a wash for making the skin fair.
- A composition of lime and water, used for whitening the plaster of walls, etc.
All definitions and other forms of “whitewash”
WHITEWASH, verb transitive
- To cover with a white liquid composition, as with lime and water, etc.
- To make white; to give a fair external appearance.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.