κονιάω, κονίω: perfect passive participle κεκονιαμενος; (from κονία, which signifies not only 'dust' but also 'lime'); to cover with lime, plaster over, whitewash: τάφοι κεκονιάμενοι (the Jews were accustomed to whitewash the entrances to their sepulchres, as a warning against defilement by touching them (B. D. under the word , 1 at the end; cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 316ff)), Mat_23:27; τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε is applied to a hypocrite who conceals his malice under an outward assumption of piety, Act_23:3. (Demosthenes, Aristotle, Plutarch, others; for ωΔ�ιγ, Deu_27:2; Deu_27:4.)

κονιάω koniaō 2x to whitewash, or, plaster, Mat_23:27 ; Act_23:3

κονιάω , -ῶ ( < κονία , dust, lime), [in LXX : Deu_27:2 ; Deu_27:4 ( H7874 ), Pro_21:9 * ;] to plaster or whiten over: of tombs, Mat_23:27 ; fig ., of a hypocrite, Act_23:3 .†

κονιάω [page 354] κονιάω , whitewash, is found in a series of temple accounts, Michel 594 .96 (Delos B.C. 279) τὴν θυμέλην τοῦ βωμοῦ τοῦ ἐν τῆι νήσωι κονιάσαντι Φιλοκράτε . The pass., as in Mat_23:27 , occurs in CIG I. 1625 .16 . For κονία , plaster, and κονιατής , plasterer, see P Oxy XII. 1450 .4, .6 (A.D. 249 50), and for κονίασις , plastering, P Flor III. 384 .78 (v/A.D.) τὴν τῶν δωμάτων κονίασιν , and for κονίαμα . PSI V. 547 .19 (iii/B.C.) τὴν κρύπτην ὁμοίαν τῶι κονιάματι . In the private account P Oxy IV. 739 .7 ( c. A.D. 1) κονίου εἰς πρ [ο ]σφαγίου (ὀβολός ), the meaning may be powder (?) for a relish 1 ob. (Edd.).

κονιάω κονιάω, [Etym: κονία II] "to plaster or whiten over", Lat. dealbare, Dem. :—Pass. "to be whitened", NTest.

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)