Strong's Lexicon
G4683
G4683 — σπαργανόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4683 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σπαργανόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from sparganon (a strip |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | sparganoo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | spar-gan-oh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to swathe (an infant after the Oriental custom) |
| KJV Renderings: | wrap in swaddling clothes |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπαργανόω, σπαργάνω: 1 aorist ἐσπαργάνωσα; perfect passive participle ἐσπαργανωμενος: (σπραγανον a swathing band); to wrap in swaddling-clothes: an infant just born, Luk 2:7; Luk 2:12. (Eze 16:4; (Euripides, Aristotle), Hippocrates, Plutarch, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σπαργανόω (wrap in swaddling clothes)
Luke 2:7
- KJV: And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn
- GK: και έτεκε τον υιόν αυτής τον πρωτότοκον και εσπαργάνωσεν αυτόν και ανέκλινεν αυτόν εν τη φάτνη διότι ουκ ην αυτοίς τόπος εν τω καταλύματι
Luke 2:12
- KJV: And this a sign unto you Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger
- GK: και τούτο υμίν το σημείον ευρήσετε βρέφος εσπαργανωμένον κείμενον εν φάτνη