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Lexicon :: Strong's G2998 - latomeō

Aa
λατομέω
Transliteration
latomeō (Key)
Pronunciation
lat-om-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as the first part of λαξευτός (G2991) and the base of τομός (G5114)
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Strong’s Definitions

λατομέω latoméō, lat-om-eh'-o; from the same as the first part of G2991 and the base of G5114; to quarry:—hew.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2998 in the following manner: hew (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2998 in the following manner: hew (2x).

  1. to cut stones, to hew out stones

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λατομέω latoméō, lat-om-eh'-o; from the same as the first part of G2991 and the base of G5114; to quarry:—hew.
STRONGS G2998:
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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
21:33
Matthew
27:60
Mark
15:46

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2998 matches the Greek λατομέω (latomeō),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11 - and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:15 - And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:2 - And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2 -
Iron is taken out of the earth,
And copper is molten out of the stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - What doest thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
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