What does κονιάω (koniáō) mean in the Bible?
κονιάω (koniáō): Coating with whitewash to hide decay; figuratively describes hypocrisy that conceals inner corruption
Greek · G2867
κονιάω
To whitewash
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κονιάω G2867
Pronunciation koniáō
What does κονιάω (koniáō) mean in the Bible?
κονιάω (koniáō): Coating with whitewash to hide decay; figuratively describes hypocrisy that conceals inner corruption
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2867?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include whitewashed (2).
Where does κονιάω (koniáō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It whitewashed 2× Matthew 23:27, Acts 23:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:27
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Acts 1
Source forms
κεκονιαμένε 1x kekoniamene Acts 23:3
κεκονιαμένοις 1x kekoniamenois Matthew 23:27
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 23:27
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Vocative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 23:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Coating with whitewash to hide decay; figuratively describes hypocrisy that conceals inner corruption
Strong's G2867
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 22:30-23:5 Source Gloss
to whitewash
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Coating with whitewash to hide decay; figuratively describes hypocrisy that conceals inner corruption
(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.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:27 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Dative Plural Masculine
κεκονιαμένοις, kekoniamenoiv
I whitewash
Read verse Acts 23:3 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Singular Masculine
κεκονιαμένε· kekoniamene
I whitewash
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
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Form groups 1 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Perfect Voices Passive
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Perfect Passive Matt 23:27 · Acts 23:3 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 2
Voice
passive 2
Mood
participle 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
Covered with lime, outwardly clean but inwardly corrupt.
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Why This Word Matters
Exposes hypocrisy within the council. Acts 22:30-23:5
Canonical Themes
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain