κώνωψkṓnōps
a mosquito (from its stinging proboscis)
Greek (New Testament) · G2971
Meanings
a gnat: Matthew 23:24.
Same root
- κέντρονkéntron · G2759a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)
- ὀπτάνομαιoptánomai · G3700to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492 (εἴδω), which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300 (θεάομαι), and still more emphatically its intensive G2334 (θεωρέω), signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 (σκοπέω) a watching from a distance)
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 23:24 Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.