Strong G4683σπαργανόω
to wrap
- Transliteration
- sparganoō
- Pronunciation
- spar-gan-o'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From σπάργανον sparganon (a strip; from a derivative of the base of G4682 meaning to strap or wrap with strips); to swathe (an infant after the Oriental custom): - wrap in swaddling clothes.
Detailed definition
σπαργανόω, -ῶ
(σπάργανον, a swathing-band) [in LXX: Job.38:9, Eze.16:4 (חָתַל pu.)*;]
to swathe, wrap in swaddling-clothes: Luk.2:7, 12 (Hipp., Arist., Plut.).†
(AS)
(σπάργανον, a swathing-band) [in LXX: Job.38:9, Eze.16:4 (חָתַל pu.)*;]
to swathe, wrap in swaddling-clothes: Luk.2:7, 12 (Hipp., Arist., Plut.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4683 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- clothes2
- wrap1
First verses
- Luke 2:7And 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.
- Luke 2:12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σπαργᾰν-όω,
= σπάργω, wrap in σπάργανα (whether 1.1 or 1.2), σπαργανώσαντες πέπλοις [τὸν παῖδα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 955)]; swathe, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 584b4, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.83, +others: _metaphorically_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus “fragment” 26)]; θρίοισι ταύτην (i.e. τὴν ἀμίαν) ἐσπαργάνωσα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Sotades Comicus 1.28)]; ἀχύροις σ. [τὴν χιόνα] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.691c)]:—passive, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20, “Fract.” 22; βρέφος ἐσπαργανωμένον NT.Luke.2.12.)]
= σπάργω, wrap in σπάργανα (whether 1.1 or 1.2), σπαργανώσαντες πέπλοις [τὸν παῖδα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 955)]; swathe, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 584b4, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.83, +others: _metaphorically_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus “fragment” 26)]; θρίοισι ταύτην (i.e. τὴν ἀμίαν) ἐσπαργάνωσα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Sotades Comicus 1.28)]; ἀχύροις σ. [τὴν χιόνα] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.691c)]:—passive, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20, “Fract.” 22; βρέφος ἐσπαργανωμένον NT.Luke.2.12.)]