verb
koniomō
Strong’sG2867
I whitewash
stem koni-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κονιάω, -ῶ
(< κονία, dust, lime), [in LXX: De 27:2, 4 (שִׂיד), Pr 21:9*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2867 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkon-ee-ah'-o
by analogy, lime); to whitewash
Fromfrom κονία (dust;
King Jameswhiten.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(κονία Refs plaster with lime or stucco, Refs 4th c.BC+ —middle, κ. τοὺς ἐγχελεῶνας have them plastered, Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, NT+3rd c.BC+
2 generally, daub over, as with pitch, ἀγγεῖα κεκονιαμένα Refs 1st c.BC+
3 metaphorically, κ. τὸ πρόσωπον paint, disguise it, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, κεκονιαμένοι LXX is falsa lectio for{κεκονιμένους} Refs 4th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| koniorēntorκεκονιαμένε | has happened · direct addressperfect middle or passive participle vocative singular masculine | whitewashed | 1× |
| koniorēntoiκεκονιαμένοις | has happened · to, forperfect middle or passive participle dative plural masculine | whitewashed | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | koniomō | koniome | koniomē | koniomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | koniosō | koniose | koniosē | konioselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | koniotō | koniote | koniotē | koniotelē |
| we 1st person plural | konionō | konione | konionē | konionelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | koniovō | koniove | koniovē | koniovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | koniolō | koniole | koniolē | koniolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | koniomeiō | koniomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | konioseiō | konioseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | konioteiō | konioteiē |
| we 1st person plural | konioneiō | konioneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | konioveiō | konioveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | konioleiō | konioleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | koniosōr | koniosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | koniotōr | koniotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | koniovōr | koniovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | koniolōr | koniolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | koniomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | koniosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | koniotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | konionoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | koniovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | konioloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | koniorō | koniorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | koniorōntos | koniorēntos2× |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
koni is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
koniorēntor“whitewashed”has happened · direct addressperfect middle or passive participle vocative singular masculine1×
Acts 23:3… Tuptarō sin mellatō tos theos, toichor koniorēntor; kai sis kathosō krinarōntos min kata …… him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge …
koniorēntoi“whitewashed”has happened · to, forperfect middle or passive participle dative plural masculine1×
Matthew 23:27… kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti paromoiazavō tafoi koniorēntoi, hotinois exōthen men fanolō hōraiois esōthen …… Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the …