What does κονιορτός (koniortós) mean in the Bible?
κονιορτός (koniortós): Dust as a visible, stirred-up substance; in NT contexts, shaking off dust symbolizes rejection or disassociation.
Greek · G2868
κονιορτός
Pulverulence (as blown about)
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κονιορτός G2868
Pronunciation koniortós
What does κονιορτός (koniortós) mean in the Bible?
κονιορτός (koniortós): Dust as a visible, stirred-up substance; in NT contexts, shaking off dust symbolizes rejection or disassociation.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2868?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include dust (5).
Where does κονιορτός (koniortós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Luke (2), 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 dust 5× Matthew 10:14, Luke 9:5, Luke 10:11, Acts 13:51
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Matthew 10:14 κονιορτὸν to dust Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 9:5 κονιορτὸν to dust Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 10:11 κονιορτὸν to dust Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 13:51 κονιορτὸν to dust Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 22:23 κονιορτὸν to dust Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:14
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 2 Acts 2
Source forms
κονιορτὸν 5x koniorton Matthew 10:14, Luke 9:5, Luke 10:11, Acts 13:51
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 5x Matthew 10:14, Luke 9:5, Luke 10:11, Acts 13:51
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Dust as a visible, stirred-up substance; in NT contexts, shaking off dust symbolizes rejection or disassociation.
Strong's G2868
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 1 form 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 10:14 Source Gloss
pulverulence (as blown about)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Dust as a visible, stirred-up substance; in NT contexts, shaking off dust symbolizes rejection or disassociation.
(κόνις or κονία, dust, ὄρνυμι, to stir up), [in LXX for אָבָק, etc. ;] in cl., dust stirred up (Exo.9:9, Isa.5:24); in NT, simply dust: Mat.10:14, Luk.9:5 10:11, Act.13:51 22:23.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:14 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κονιορτὸν koniorton
dust
Read verse Luke 9:5 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κονιορτὸν koniorton
dust
Read verse Luke 10:11 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κονιορτὸν koniorton
dust
Read verse Acts 13:51 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κονιορτὸν koniorton
dust
Read verse Acts 22:23 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κονιορτὸν koniorton
dust
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
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:14 · Luke 9:5 · Luke 10:11 · Acts 13:51 · Acts 22:23 5×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Literal dust shaken off as a sign of rejection and judgment
Dust shaken from feet as testimony against those who reject disciples
Physical dust shaken off as symbolic gesture of separation from unbelievers
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κονιορτός is built from this root:
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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