Strong's #2867: koniao (pronounced kon-ee-ah'-o)

from konia (dust; by analogy, lime); to whitewash:--whiten.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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koniaō

1) to cover with lime, plaster over, whitewash

1a) the Jews were accustomed to whitewash the entrances to their sepulchres, as a warning against defilement by touching them

1b) term applied to a hypocrite who conceals his malice under an outward assumption of piety

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from konia (dust, by analogy, lime)

Citing in TDNT: 3:827, 453

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Matthew 23:27: "hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear"
Acts 23:3: "shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou"