Lexical Summary kōnōps: a gnat Original Word: κώνωψTransliteration: kōnōps Phonetic Spelling: (ko'-nopes) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a gnat Meaning: a gnat Strong's Concordance gnat. Apparently a derivative of the base of kentron and a derivative of optanomai; a mosquito (from its stinging proboscis) -- gnat. see GREEK kentron see GREEK optanomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2971: κώνωψκώνωψ, κωνωπος, ὁ, a gnat ((Aeschylus), Herodotus, Hippocrates, others); of the wine-gnat or midge that is bred in (fermenting and) evaporating wine (Aristotle, h. an. 5, 19 (p. 552{b}, 5; cf. Bochart, Hierozoicon, iii. 444; Buxtorf, Lex. talm. etc. 921 (474{a} Fischer edition))): Matthew 23:24. |
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