Gnat
κώνωψStrong’s G2971kōnōps
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Kōnōps is the Greek word usually translated “gnat”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.”
Meaning
Usually translated “gnat”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- gnat 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
κώνωψ kōnōps · gnat
a gnat, mosquito , Lat. culex, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. (ML)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gnat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GNAT, noun
nat. A small insect, or rather a genus of insects, the Culex, whose long cylindric body is composed of eight rings. They have six legs and their mouth is formed by a flexible sheath, inclosing bristles pointed like stings. The sting is a tube containing five or six spicula of exquisite fineness, dentated or edged. The most troublesome of this genus is the musketoe.
- Any thing proverbially small.“Ye blind guides, who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel” Matthew 23:24
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.