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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2868. κονιορτός (koniortos) -- Dust</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2868.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader.js'></script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/8-26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2868.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2868</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2867.htm" title="2867">◄</a> 2868. koniortos <a href="../greek/2869.htm" title="2869">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">koniortos: Dust</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">κονιορτός</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>koniortos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ko-nee-or-TOS<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kon-ee-or-tos')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Dust<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>dust.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek words "konis" (dust) and "ortos" (rising), literally meaning "rising dust."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>H6083 (עָפָר, `aphar):</b> Dust, earth, ashes.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "koniortos" refers to dust, often in the context of a cloud of dust stirred up by movement, such as the passage of a large group of people or animals. It is used metaphorically to describe insignificance or the transient nature of life.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near Eastern context, dust was a common element of daily life, especially in arid regions. It symbolized mortality and humility, as seen in the phrase "dust to dust." Dust was also associated with mourning and repentance, where individuals would sit in or cover themselves with dust and ashes as a sign of contrition and humility before God.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/greek/2867.htm">koniaó</a> and ornumi (to stir up)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>dust<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>dust (5).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2868: κονιορτός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κονιορτός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κονιορτοῦ</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (from <span class="greek2">κονία</span>, and <span class="greek2">ὄρνυμι</span> to stir up); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> properly, <span class="accented">raised dust, flying dust</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span>, others). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> universally, <span class="accented">dust</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-14.htm">Matthew 10:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/9-5.htm">Luke 9:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/10-11.htm">Luke 10:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-51.htm">Acts 13:51</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/22-23.htm">Acts 22:23</a>. (For <span class="hebrew">אָבָק</span>, <a href="/interlinear/exodus/9-9.htm">Exodus 9:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/nahum/1-3.htm">Nahum 1:3</a>; for <span class="hebrew">עָפָר</span>, <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/9-21.htm">Deuteronomy 9:21</a>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dust. <p>From the base of <a href="/greek/2867.htm">koniao</a> and ornumi (to "rouse"); pulverulence (as blown about) -- dust. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2867.htm">koniao</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κονιορτον κονιορτόν κονιορτὸν κονιορτός κονιορτώ κονιορτών κόντοις κοντός κονύζης koniorton koniortòn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/10-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 10:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκτινάξατε τὸν <b>κονιορτὸν</b> τῶν ποδῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> shake <span class="itali">the dust</span> off<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> city, shake off <span class="itali">the dust</span> of your feet.<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> shake off the <span class="itali">dust</span> of the feet<p><b><a href="/text/luke/9-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 9:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκείνης τὸν <b>κονιορτὸν</b> ἀπὸ τῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> shake <span class="itali">the dust</span> off<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shake off the very <span class="itali">dust</span> from your<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/9-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that the <span class="itali">dust</span> from the<p><b><a href="/text/luke/10-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 10:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Καὶ τὸν <b>κονιορτὸν</b> τὸν κολληθέντα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Even <span class="itali">the dust</span> of your city<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Even <span class="itali">the very dust</span> of your<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/10-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Even the <span class="itali">dust</span> that having clung<p><b><a href="/text/acts/13-51.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 13:51</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκτιναξάμενοι τὸν <b>κονιορτὸν</b> τῶν ποδῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But they shook off <span class="itali">the dust</span> of their feet<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they shook off <span class="itali">the dust</span> of their<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13-51.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having shaken off the <span class="itali">dust</span> of the feet<p><b><a href="/text/acts/22-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 22:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἱμάτια καὶ <b>κονιορτὸν</b> βαλλόντων εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and tossing <span class="itali">dust</span> into the air,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and threw <span class="itali">dust</span> into the air,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/22-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> garments and <span class="itali">dust</span> throwing into<p><b><a href="/greek/2868.htm">Strong's Greek 2868</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2868.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/koniorton_2868.htm">κονιορτὸν — 5 Occ.</a><br><br><br /><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2867.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2867"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2867" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2869.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2869"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2869" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>