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Lexicon :: Strong's G2998 - latomeō

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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 Box Exo 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - “Suppose someone digs or uncovers a pit and fails to cover it, and then an ox or a donkey falls into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11 - The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:15 - Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers, 80,000 quarry workers in the hill country,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:2 - So David gave orders to call together the foreigners living in Israel, and he assigned them the task of preparing finished stone for building the Temple of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He also constructed forts in the wilderness and dug many water cisterns, because he kept great herds of livestock in the foothills of Judah[fn] and on the plains. He was also a man who loved the soil. He had many workers who cared for his farms and vineyards, both on the hillsides and in the fertile valleys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - Our ancestors captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took over houses full of good things, with cisterns already dug and vineyards and olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate until they were full and grew fat and enjoyed themselves in all your blessings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2 - They know where to dig iron from the earth
and how to smelt copper from rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - “Who do you think you are,
and what are you doing here,
building a beautiful tomb for yourself—
a monument high up in the rock?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance—
all who seek the LORD!
Consider the rock from which you were cut,
the quarry from which you were mined.
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