Strong’s G2971 · Greek
κώνωψ
kṓnōps · ko'-nopes
Origin apparently a derivative of the base of κέντρον (G2759) and a derivative of ὀπτάνομαι (G3700);
Meaning a mosquito (from its stinging proboscis)
In the King James Version gnat.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- Matthew 23:24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.