Strong G4699σπόγγος
sponge
- Transliteration
- spoggos
- Pronunciation
- spong'-gos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps of foreign origin; a sponge: - spunge.
Detailed definition
σπόγγος, -ου, ὁ
a sponge: Mat.27:48, Mrk.15:36, Jhn.19:29.†
(AS)
a sponge: Mat.27:48, Mrk.15:36, Jhn.19:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4699 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- spunge3
First verses
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
σπόγγος, ὁ,
sponge, σ. πολυτρήτοισι τραπέζας νίζον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.111, compare 22.439; σπόγγῳ ἀμφὶ πρόσωπα καὶ ἄμφω χεῖρ᾽ ἀπομόργνυ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.414; ὑγρώσσων σ. ὤλεσεν γραφήν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1329)]; used at the bath, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 55, 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 15.7)]; for cleaning shoes. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 600 (compare σπογγίζω);compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 487b9, 588b20, NT.Matt.27.48, etc.)]
II any spongy substance, σικυώνης σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 221)]; οἱ σ. the glands in the throat, tonsils, from their spongy nature and liability to swell, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Epid.” 4.7, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.140.)]
III ={νήριον}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.81)]. (σφόγγος is found in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 11 (2). 144 A 37 (Delos, 4th c.BC), “PSI” 6.558.7 (3rd c.BC), “POxy.” 1384.25 (V 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus))]; compare σπογγιά, σπογγίον.)
sponge, σ. πολυτρήτοισι τραπέζας νίζον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.111, compare 22.439; σπόγγῳ ἀμφὶ πρόσωπα καὶ ἄμφω χεῖρ᾽ ἀπομόργνυ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.414; ὑγρώσσων σ. ὤλεσεν γραφήν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1329)]; used at the bath, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 55, 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 15.7)]; for cleaning shoes. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 600 (compare σπογγίζω);compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 487b9, 588b20, NT.Matt.27.48, etc.)]
II any spongy substance, σικυώνης σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 221)]; οἱ σ. the glands in the throat, tonsils, from their spongy nature and liability to swell, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Epid.” 4.7, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.140.)]
III ={νήριον}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.81)]. (σφόγγος is found in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 11 (2). 144 A 37 (Delos, 4th c.BC), “PSI” 6.558.7 (3rd c.BC), “POxy.” 1384.25 (V 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus))]; compare σπογγιά, σπογγίον.)