Dust
κονιορτόςStrong’s G2868koniortos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Koniortos is the Greek word usually translated “dust”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.”
Meaning
Usually translated “dust”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- dust 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Acts 2
- Matthew 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 9:5And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
- Luke 10:11Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
- Acts 13:51But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
- Acts 22:23And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
Greek dictionary
κονιορτός koniortos · dust
κονιορτός, -οῦ, ὁ (κόνις or κονία, dust, ὄρνυμι, to stir up), [in LXX for אָבָק, etc. ;] in cl., dust stirred up (Exo.9:9, Isa.5:24); in NT, simply dust: Mat.10:14, Luk.9:5 10:11, Act.13:51 22:23.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dust” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DUST, noun
- Fine dry particles of earth or other matter, so attenuated that it may be raised and wafted by the wind; powder; as clouds of dust and seas of blood.
- Fine dry particles of earth; fine earth.“The peacock warmeth her eggs in the dust” Job 39:14
- Earth; unorganized earthy matter.“DUST thou art, and to dust shalt thou return” Genesis 3:19
- The grave.“For now shall I sleep in the dust” Job 7:21
All definitions and other forms of “dust”
- A low condition.“God raiseth the poor out of the dust” 1 Samuel 2:8
DUST, verb transitive
- To free from dust; to brush, wipe or sweep away dust; as, to dust a table or a floor.
- To sprinkle with dust
- To levigate.
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.