Spongos σπόγγος
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| σπόγγος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | spongos |
| Strong's number | G4699 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | sponge |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Matthew (1) |
Spongos (Greek σπόγγος, Strong's G4699) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “sponge”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | spunge (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sponge (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Spongos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Matthew
- Matthew 27:48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
Mark
- Mark 15:36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
John
- John 19:29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).