by analogy, lime); to whitewash Derivation: from κονία (dust;
KJV Usage: whiten.
TBESG:
κονιάω
to whitewash
G:V
κονιάω, -ῶ (< κονία, dust, lime), [in LXX: Refs Deu.27:2, 4 (שִׂיד), Pro.21:9 * ;] to plaster or whiten over: of tombs, Mat.23:27; fig., of a hypocrite, Act.23:3.† (AS)
Thayer:
1) to cover with lime, plaster over, whitewash 1a) the Jews were accustomed to whitewash the entrances to their sepulchres, as a warning against defilement by touching them 1b) term applied to a hypocrite who conceals his malice under an outward assumption of piety
κονιάω
koniaō
kon-ee-ah'-o
From κονία konia (dust; by analogy lime); to whitewash