- Original: κονιάω - Transliteration: Koniao - Phonetic: kon-ee-ah'-o - Definition: 1. to cover with lime, plaster over, whitewash a. the Jews were accustomed to whitewash the entrances to their sepulchres, as a warning against defilement by touching them b. term applied to a hypocrite who conceals his malice under an outward assumption of piety - Origin: from konia (dust, by analogy, lime) - TDNT entry: 16:47,5 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Fromκονία konia (dust; by analogy lime); to whitewash: - whiten. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • whited, 1 Act 23:3