Strong's Greek #2971 - κώνωψ, ωπος, ὁ kónóps (a gnat)

gnat.

Apparently a derivative of the base of kentron and a derivative of optanomai; a mosquito (from its stinging proboscis) -- gnat.

see GREEK kentron

see GREEK optanomai

Strong's 2971: κώνωψ

κώνωψ, κωνωπος, ὁ, a gnat ((Aeschylus), Herodotus, Hippocrates, others); of the wine-gnat or midge that is bred in (fermenting and) evaporating wine (Aristotle, h. an. 5, 19 (p. 552{b}, 5; cf. Bochart, Hierozoicon, iii. 444; Buxtorf, Lex. talm. etc. 921 (474{a} Fischer edition))): Matthew 23:24.

Strong's Greek: 2971. κώνωψ (kónóps) — 1 Occurrence

Matthew 23:24 - N-AMS
GRK: διυλίζοντες τὸν κώνωπα τὴν δὲ
NAS: who strain out a gnat and swallow
KJV: which strain at a gnat, and
INT: filter out the gnat and