Quick Definition
λατομέω v. I hew stones
Strong's Definition
from the same as the first part of 2991 and the base of 5114; to quarry
KJV Usage: hew
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | λᾶς + τέμνω
19.25 · Physical Impact · Pierce, Cut
to cut rock, to hew out rock to shape rock by cutting, either internally or externally In some languages important distinctions are made in terms for cutting rock depending upon the type of activity, for example, shaping of rock by cutting, the quarrying of rock from an outcrop, or the hewing of an area inside of an outcropping of rock (a cave-like structure hewn into rock).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λατομέω, -@: 1 aor. ἐλατόμησα; pf. pass. ptep. λελατομημένος ; (fr. λατόμος a stone-cutter, and this fr. Ads a stone, and τέμνω) ; to cul stones, to hew out stones: Mt. xxvii. 60; Mk. xv. 46. (Sept. several times for 2¥n; once for 73, Ex. xxi. 33 sqq.; Diod., [Dion. H., Strab., al. (cf. Soph. Lex. s. v.)], Justin Mart.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λατομέω latomeō 2x
to hew stones; to cut out of stone, hew from stone, Mt. 27:60; Mk. 15:46; Lk. 23:53*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† λατομέω, -ῶ
(< λατόμος, a stonecutter, IV Ki 12:12, al.; < λᾶς, τέμνω; cf. λαξευτός), [in LXX: I Ch 22:2, al. (חצב); Ex 21:33, Num_21:18 (כּרה);]
to hew, hew out stones: Mt 27:60, Mk 15:46.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λατομέω. In a letter addressed by the quarrymen (of λατόμοι) in Paston to the architect Kleon, P Petr II. 4 (9) (B.c. 255), they state that they have “‘quarried out the rocks,” and are |
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λατομέω (latomeō) — to hew. λᾱτομ-έω, quarry, γῆν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, λελατόμηται [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὰ -ούμενα θραύματα [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. λ. λάκκον hew it out, [LXX]