2867 koniao {kon-ee-ah'-o} from konia (dust, by analogy, lime); TDNT - 3:827,453; v AV - whited 2; 2 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 |