G2998: λατομέω
latoméō · “to hew”
Definition
to quarry
KJV translates it as: hew
Word origin: from the same as the first part of G2991 (λαξευτός) and the base of G5114 (τομώτερος);
Extended definition
λατομέω, -ῶ
(λατόμος, a stonecutter, 4Ki.12:12, al.; λᾶς, τέμνω; cf. λαξευτός) [in LXX: 1Ch.22:2, al. (חָצַב); Exo.21:33, Num_21:18 (כָּרָה) ;]
to hew, hew out stones: Mat.27:60, Mrk.15:46.†
(AS)
(λατόμος, a stonecutter, 4Ki.12:12, al.; λᾶς, τέμνω; cf. λαξευτός) [in LXX: 1Ch.22:2, al. (חָצַב); Exo.21:33, Num_21:18 (כָּרָה) ;]
to hew, hew out stones: Mat.27:60, Mrk.15:46.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2998 is translated
- he had cut ×1
- cut ×1
Bible verses with G2998 (latoméō)
Latoméō appears in 2 verses.
- Matthew 27:60
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
- Mark 15:46
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.