G2867

κονιάω

koniaō

Verb · From konia (dust, by analogy, lime)

From κονία konía (dust; by analogy, lime); to whitewash:—whiten.

Outline

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

Usages

Matthew 23:27

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

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Acts 23:3

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

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