Strong's Lexicon
G4699 — σπόγγος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4699 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σπόγγος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | perhaps of foreign origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | spoggos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | spong'-gos |
| Meaning: | 1. a "sponge" |
| KJV Renderings: | spunge |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπόγγος, σπογγου, ὁ (perhaps akin is fungus; Curtius, § 575), from Homer down, sponge: Mat 27:48; Mar 15:36; Joh 19:29.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σπόγγος (spunge)
Matthew 27:48
- KJV: And straightway one of them ran and took a spunge and filled with vinegar and put on a reed and gave him to drink
- GK: και ευθέως δραμών εις εξ αυτών και λαβών σπόγγον πλήσας τε όξους και περιθείς καλάμω επότιζεν αυτόν
Mark 15:36
- KJV: And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar and put on a reed and gave him to drink saying Let alone let us see whether Elias will come to take him down
- GK: δραμών δε εις και γεμίσας σπόγγον όξους και περιθείς τε καλάμω επότιζεν αυτόν λέγων άφετε ίδωμεν ει έρχεται Ηλίας καθελείν αυτόν
John 19:29
- KJV: Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar and they filled a spunge with vinegar and put upon hyssop and put to his mouth
- GK: σκεύος ούν έκειτο όξους μεστόν οι δε πλήσαντες σπόγγον όξους και υσσώπω περιθέντες προσήνεγκαν αυτού τω στόματι
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