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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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κώνωψ

Strong’s: G2971

Associated OET lemmas: κώνωψ

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: κώνωψ; -ωπος

Sense 1: gnat, mosquito

Semantic entry: 4.48

Semantic domains: Animals

Subdomains: Insects

Definition: small flying insect; feeds on human or animal blood; regarded as pest

Notes: The straining of liquids referred to in OET MAT 23:24 is based on the regulations in Leviticus 11, in which the gnat is the smallest of the unclean creatures and the camel the largest.|For the only occurrence of κώνωψ in the NT, one may use a term which refers to any small flying insect which might fall into a beverage and thus have to be strained out.

Further resources: fauna:6.6

Show passage in OET: MAT 23:24

OET-RV MAT 23:24

24 You blind guides! You try to strain out a gnat, and end up swallowing a camel.

OET-LV MAT 23:24

24 Blind guides.
You_all straining_out the gnat and swallowing_up the camel.

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