Strong G4700σποδός
ashes
- Transliteration
- spodos
- Pronunciation
- spod-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; ashes: - ashes.
Detailed definition
σποδός, -oῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for אֵפֶר;]
ashes: Heb.9:13; ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σ. (Isa.58:5, Jhn.3:6, Dan LXX 9:3, al.), Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אֵפֶר;]
ashes: Heb.9:13; ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σ. (Isa.58:5, Jhn.3:6, Dan LXX 9:3, al.), Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4700 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ash3
First verses
- Matthew 11:21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Luke 10:13Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
σποδός, ἡ,
wood-ashes, embers, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.375, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 238)]: generally, ashes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.140)]; ἐπ᾽ Ἰσμηνοῦ τε μαντεία σ., of the ashes of an altar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 21, compare “Ant.” 1007, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.35; σ. ἱερὰ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βωμοῦ “SIG” 1171.18 (from Lebena))]; of the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 435, 443 (both Lyric poetry), “Ch.” 687, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 758, etc.)]; ἀμφὶ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα, in sign of mourning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 827 (Lyric poetry), compare 1160; σποδὸς δὲ τἄλλα, Περικλέης, Κόδρος, Κίμων 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 25.12)]:—death by plunging into a room filled with ashes, αὐτήν μιν ῥῖψαι ἐς οἴκημα σποδοῦ πλέον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.100)]; as a Persian punishment (cf. Val. [LXX+5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 9.2.6), εἰς τὴν σποδὸν ἐμβάλλεται 5th-6th c.BC: Ctesias Historicus “fragment” 29.48, compare 51, +others, LXX.2Mac.13.5f —There seems to be no difference in sense between σποδός and τέφρα: both occur in Trag., the latter alone in _Attic dialect_ Prose.)]
II dust, τῆς χαμᾶθεν σποδοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.172)]; μετρεῖν τὴν σ., of labour in vain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.26.17.)]
III oxide of certain metals, σ. Κυπρίη copper oxide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.104; σ. Ἰλλυριῶτις [prev. author] “Ulc.” 13; σ. χρυσῖτις [prev. author] “Mul.” 1.103, compare 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.75.)]
IV metaphorically, κυλίκων, πίθων σ., of a bibulous old woman, 'soaker', 'sponge', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.291, 7.455 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]
V lava, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 6.2.3.)]
wood-ashes, embers, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.375, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 238)]: generally, ashes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.140)]; ἐπ᾽ Ἰσμηνοῦ τε μαντεία σ., of the ashes of an altar, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 21, compare “Ant.” 1007, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.35; σ. ἱερὰ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βωμοῦ “SIG” 1171.18 (from Lebena))]; of the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 435, 443 (both Lyric poetry), “Ch.” 687, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 758, etc.)]; ἀμφὶ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα, in sign of mourning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 827 (Lyric poetry), compare 1160; σποδὸς δὲ τἄλλα, Περικλέης, Κόδρος, Κίμων 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 25.12)]:—death by plunging into a room filled with ashes, αὐτήν μιν ῥῖψαι ἐς οἴκημα σποδοῦ πλέον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.100)]; as a Persian punishment (cf. Val. [LXX+5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 9.2.6), εἰς τὴν σποδὸν ἐμβάλλεται 5th-6th c.BC: Ctesias Historicus “fragment” 29.48, compare 51, +others, LXX.2Mac.13.5f —There seems to be no difference in sense between σποδός and τέφρα: both occur in Trag., the latter alone in _Attic dialect_ Prose.)]
II dust, τῆς χαμᾶθεν σποδοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.172)]; μετρεῖν τὴν σ., of labour in vain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.26.17.)]
III oxide of certain metals, σ. Κυπρίη copper oxide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.104; σ. Ἰλλυριῶτις [prev. author] “Ulc.” 13; σ. χρυσῖτις [prev. author] “Mul.” 1.103, compare 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.75.)]
IV metaphorically, κυλίκων, πίθων σ., of a bibulous old woman, 'soaker', 'sponge', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.291, 7.455 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]
V lava, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 6.2.3.)]