King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2998
Transliteration: latomeō
Phonetic Spelling: (lat-om-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hew out (stones)
Meaning: to hew out (stones)
λατομέω, λατόμω: 1 aorist ἐλατόμησα; perfect passive participle λελατομημενος; (from λατόμος a stone-cutter, and this from λᾶς a stone, and τέμνω); to cut stones, to hew out stones: Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46. (The Sept. several times for חָצַב; once for כָּרָה, Exodus 21:33ff; Diodorus (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Strabo, others (cf. Sophocles Lexicon, under the word)), Justin Martyr.)
Word Summary
latomeō: to hew out (stones)
Original Word: λατομέωTransliteration: latomeō
Phonetic Spelling: (lat-om-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hew out (stones)
Meaning: to hew out (stones)
Strong's Concordance
hew. From the same as the first part of laxeutos and the base of tomoteros; to quarry -- hew.
see GREEK laxeutos
see GREEK tomoteros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2998: λατομέωλατομέω, λατόμω: 1 aorist ἐλατόμησα; perfect passive participle λελατομημενος; (from λατόμος a stone-cutter, and this from λᾶς a stone, and τέμνω); to cut stones, to hew out stones: Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46. (The Sept. several times for חָצַב; once for כָּרָה, Exodus 21:33ff; Diodorus (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Strabo, others (cf. Sophocles Lexicon, under the word)), Justin Martyr.)