Forms of the word

Dictionary
λατομέω
Greek transliteration
latomeō
Simplified transliteration
latomeo
Principal Parts
-, ἐλατόμησα, -, λελατόμημαι, -

Numbers

Strong's number
2998
GK Number
3300

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(2a)
Gloss
to cut, hew (rock)
Definition
to hew stones; to cut out of stone, hew from stone, Mt. 27:60; Mk. 15:46; Lk. 23:53*

Greek-English Concordance for λατομέω

Matthew 27:60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut (elatomēsen | ἐλατόμησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) in the rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb and went away.
Mark 15:46 So he brought a linen shroud, and taking him down, he wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb, which had been hewn (lelatomēmenon | λελατομημένον | perf pass ptcp nom sg neut) out of rock; and he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.

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