What does ἀπομάσσομαι · κονιορτός mean in the Bible?
ἀπομάσσομαι · κονιορτός is a Greek phrase meaning "wipe off the dust".
Greek · G631, G2868
ἀπομασσόμεθα τὸν κονιορτὸν
To scrape away · pulverulence (as blown about)
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ἀπομάσσομαι G631 to scrape away
Pronunciation apomássomai
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κονιορτός G2868 pulverulence (as blown about)
Pronunciation koniortós
Dust as a visible, stirred-up substance; in NT contexts, shaking off dust symbolizes rejection or disassociation.
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What does ἀπομασσόμεθα τὸν κονιορτὸν (apomassometha ton koniorton) mean in the Bible?
ἀπομάσσομαι · κονιορτός is a Greek phrase meaning "wipe off the dust".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G631, G2868?
G631, G2868 is connected to 1 lexical occurrence verse in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. wipe off the dust
Source Gloss
wipe off the dust
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Present Voices Middle
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Middle Luke 10:11 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
middle 1
Mood
indicative 1
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)
Word Origins
ἀπομασσόμεθα τὸν κονιορτὸν is built from this root:
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