2971. kónóps
Lexicon
kónóps: Gnat

Original Word: κώνωψ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: kónóps
Pronunciation: KO-nohps
Phonetic Spelling: (ko'-nopes)
KJV: gnat
NASB: gnat
Word Origin: [apparently a derivative of the base of G2759 (κέντρον - sting) and a derivative of G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι - appearing)]

1. a mosquito (from its stinging proboscis)

Strong's Exhaustive 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

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
probably from kónos; (cone-shaped) and óps (eye, face)
Definition
a gnat
NASB Translation
gnat (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2971: κώνωψ

κώνωψ, κωνωπος, , 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.

Forms and Transliterations
κωνωπα κώνωπα κώπας κωπηλάται konopa kōnōpa kṓnopa kṓnōpa
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 23:24 N-AMS
GRK: διυλίζοντες τὸν κώνωπα τὴν δὲ
NAS: who strain out a gnat and swallow
KJV: which strain at a gnat, and
INT: filter out the gnat and

Strong's Greek 2971
1 Occurrence


κώνωπα — 1 Occ.

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