G2991: λαξευτός
laxeutós · “engraved”
Definition
rock-quarried
KJV translates it as: hewn in stone
Word origin: from a compound of (a stone) and the base of G3584 (ξηρός) (in its original sense of scraping);
Extended definition
λαξευτός, -ή, όν
(λαξεύω; λᾶς, a stone, ξέω, to scrape), [in LXX: Deu.4:49 (פִּסְגָּה); in Aq.: Num.21:20; Th.: Jdg.7:11 * ;]
hewn (in stone); Luk.23:53 (elsewhere κοινή writers use λατομητός, 4Ki.12:12, al.; cf. λατομέω).†
(AS)
(λαξεύω; λᾶς, a stone, ξέω, to scrape), [in LXX: Deu.4:49 (פִּסְגָּה); in Aq.: Num.21:20; Th.: Jdg.7:11 * ;]
hewn (in stone); Luk.23:53 (elsewhere κοινή writers use λατομητός, 4Ki.12:12, al.; cf. λατομέω).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2991 is translated
- cut in a rock ×1
Bible verses with G2991 (laxeutós)
Laxeutós appears in 1 verse.
- Luke 23:53
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.