Word: koniaw

Pronounce: kon-ee-ah'-o

Strongs Number: G2867

Orig: from konia (dust; by analogy, lime); to whitewash:--whiten.

Use: TDNT-3:827,453 Verb

Heb Strong: H7874

1) to cover with lime, plaster over, whitewash
1a) the Jews were accustomed to whitewash the entrances to their sepulchres, as a warning against defilement by touching them
1b) term applied to a hypocrite who conceals his malice under an outward assumption of piety