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Strong's #4699 - σπόγγος

Transliteration
spóngos
Phonetics
spong'-gos
Origin
perhaps of foreign origin
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TDNT
None
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σπόγγος, ὁ, sponge, ς. πολυτρήτο[]σι τραπέζας ϝίζον Od. 1.111, cf. 22.439; σπόγγῳ ἀμφὶ πρόσωπα καὶ ἄμφω χεῖρ' ἀπομόργνυ Il. 18.414; ὑγρώσσων ς. ὤλεσεν γραφήν A. Ag. 1329; used at the bath, Ar. Fr. 55, Crates Com. 15.7; for cleaning shoes. Ar. V. 600 (cf. σπογγίζω ); cf. Arist. HA 487b9, 588b20, Ev.Matthew 27:48, etc.

II any spongy substance, σικυώνης ς . Hp. Steril. 221; οἱ ς . the glands in the throat, tonsils, from their spongy nature and liability to swell, Id. Epid. 4.7, Gal. 19.140.

III = νήριον, Ps.- Dsc. 4.81. ( σφόγγος is found in IG 11 (2). 144 A 37 (Delos, iv B.C. ), PSI 6.558.7 (iii B.C.), POxy. 1384.25 (V A.D. ); cf. σπογγιά, σπογγίον .)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σπόγγος, σπογγου, (perhaps akin is fungus; Curtius, § 575), from Homer down, sponge: Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; John 19:29.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* σπόγγος , -ου , ,

a sponge: Matthew 27:48, Mark 15:36, John 19:29.†


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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";confusion,"; ";disturbance"; (Acts 19:29) : cf. P Flor I. 36.10 (beg. iv/A.D.) τὸν γάμον ἐν συνχίσι (l. συγχύσ <ε >ι) ποιῆσαι, P Cairo Preis 4.15 (A.D. 320) ἵνα μ ̣ηδεμία ̣ σ [ ]νχυσις κατὰ τοὺς αὐτοὺς (sc. καρποὺς) γένηται, ἐπ ̣ιδίδωμι κτλ., and Syll 316 (= .3684).7 (B.C. 139?) ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ὅλης συγχύσεως. See also Epicurus Ep. II. 88 οὗ (sc. κόσμου) λυομένου πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ σύγχυσιν λήψεται, ";whose dissolution will cause all within it to fall into confusion"; (Bailey), and Cicero ad Att. vi. 9. 1 σύγχυσιν litterularum, vii. 8. 4 σύγχυσιν τῆς πολιτείας.

The verb συγχόω is seen in BGU II. 530.19 (i/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 61) ὁ ὑδραγωγὸς συνεχώσθη ὑπὸ τῆς ἄμμου, ";the water-channel was choked with sand,"; and similarly P Tebt I. 50.12, .21 (B.C. 112–1). Cf. also P Lond 1177.313 (A.D. 113) (=III. p. 189).

 


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List of Word Forms
σπογγον σπόγγον σποδιάν σποδιάς σποδοειδείς σποδοειδή spongon spóngon
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