Strong's Number 2867
Transliteration:
koniao
{kon-ee-ah'-o}
Word Origin:
from konia (dust, by analogy, lime)
TDNT:
3:827,453
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
whited 2
Total: 2
Definition:
- to cover with lime, plaster over, whitewash
- the Jews were accustomed to whitewash the entrances to their sepulchres, as a warning against defilement by touching them
- term applied to a hypocrite who conceals his malice under an outward assumption of piety