Strong G2868κονιορτός

dust

Transliteration
koniortos
Pronunciation
kon-ee-or-tos'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From the base of G2867 and ὄρνυμι ornumi (to rouse);
pulverulence (as blown about): - dust.

Detailed definition

κονιορτός, -οῦ, ὁ
(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.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2868 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • dust5
  • the2

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:14
    And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
  2. Luke 9:5
    And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
  3. Luke 10:11
    Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
  4. Acts 13:51
    But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
  5. Acts 22:23
    And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κονῐορτ-ός, ὁ,
(κόνις, ὄρνυμι) dust raised or stirred up, cloud of dust, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.65; ὁ κ. δῆλος αὐτῶν ὡς ὁμοῦ προσκειμένων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 245, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44)]; κ. τῆς ὕλης νεωστὶ κεκαυμένης, i.e. a cloud of woodashes,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 34; κ. καὶ ζάλη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 496d: in _plural_, Diocl.fragment 147.)]
2 generally, dirt, sweepings, σαρώματα.. σὺν τῷ κ. Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Chr.” 198.16 (3rd c.BC).)]
II metaphorically, dirty fellow, χαίρει τις αὐχμῶν ἢ ῥυπῶν, κ. ἀναπέφηνεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 34.6, compare 4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 10.8; Εὐκτήμων ὁ κ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.103.)]