Latoméō — G2998

Definition

verb

to quarry

1. to cut stones, to hew out stones

Usually translated as

hew

Origin

from the same as the first part of G2991 and the base of G5114

• laxeutós (G2991)
• tomṓteros (G5114)

Occurrences

Latoméō occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1)

• Matthew 27:60 — And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out (ἐλατόμησεν) in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
• Mark 15:46 — And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn (λελατομημένον) out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.