Original Word: λατομέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: latomeó
Pronunciation: lah-to-MEH-oh
Phonetic Spelling: (lat-om-eh'-o)
KJV: hew
NASB: hewn
Word Origin: [from las "a stone" and the base of G5114 (τομώτερος - sharper)]

1. to quarry

hew.

From the same as the first part of laxeutos and the base of tomoteros; to quarry -- hew.

see GREEK laxeutos

see GREEK tomoteros

Word Origin
from a comp. of laas (a stone) and temnó (to cut)
Definition
to hew out (stones)
NASB Translation
hewn (2).STRONGS NT 2998: λατομέω

λατομέω, λατόμω: 1 aorist ἐλατόμησα; perfect passive participle λελατομημενος; (from λατόμος a stone-cutter, and this from λᾶς a stone, and τέμνω); to cut stones, to hew out stones: Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46. (The Sept. several times for חָצַב; once for כָּרָה, Exodus 21:33ff; Diodorus (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Strabo, others (cf. Sophocles Lexicon, under the word)), Justin Martyr.)

Matthew 27:60 V-AIA-3S
GRK: μνημείῳ ὃ ἐλατόμησεν ἐν τῇ
NAS: which he had hewn out in the rock;
KJV: which he had hewn out in
INT: tomb which he had cut in the

Mark 15:46 V-RPM/P-NNS
GRK: ὃ ἦν λελατομημένον ἐκ πέτρας
NAS: had been hewn out in the rock;
KJV: which was hewn out of a rock,
INT: which was cut out of a rock

Strong's Greek 2998
2 Occurrences

ἐλατόμησεν — 1 Occ.
λελατομημένον — 1 Occ.