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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4700 - σποδός

Transliteration

spodós

Phonetics

spod-os'

Root Word (Etymology)

of uncertain derivation

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

ashes: placed on sackcloth as a token of grief

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 665 ‑ אֵפֶר (ay'‑fer); 1880 ‑ דֶּשֶׁן (deh'‑shen);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

NAS (3)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

HCS (3)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

BSB (3)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

ESV (3)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

WEB (3)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

KJV (3)

ashes 3

NAS (3)

ashes 3

HCS (3)

ashes 2

the ashes 1

BSB (3)

[the] ashes 1

ashes 2

ESV (3)

ashes 3

WEB (3)

ashes 2

the ashes 1

RAH

N-ASF 8

N-ASM 4

N-DSF 5

N-GSF 3

N-GSM 1

N-NSF 2

N-NSM 1

ANT

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-DFS 2

N-NFS 1

BMT

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

STV

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σποδός, ἡ, wood-ashes, embers, Od. 9.375, h.Merc. 238: generally, ashes, Hdt. 2.140; ἐπ' Ἰσμηνοῦ τε μαντεία ς ., of the ashes of an altar, S. OT 21, cf. Ant. 1007, Hdt. 4.35; ς. ἱερὰ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βωμοῦ SIG 1171.18 ( Lebena ); of the dead, A. Ag. 435, 443 (both lyr.), Ch. 687, S. El. 758, etc.; ἀμφὶ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα, in sign of mourning, E. Supp. 827 (lyr.), cf. 1160; σποδὸς δὲ τἄλλα, Περικλέης, Κόδρος, Κίμων Alex. 25.12: — death by plunging into a room filled with ashes, αὐτήν μιν ῥῖψαι ἐς οἴκημα σποδοῦ πλέον Hdt. 2.100; as a Persian punishment (cf. Val. Max. 9.2.6 ), εἰς τὴν σποδὸν ἐμβάλλεται Ctes. Fr. 29.48, cf. 51, al., LXX 2 Maccabees 13:5 sq. — There seems to be no difference in sense between σποδός and τέφρα: both occur in Trag., the latter alone in Att. Prose.

II dust, τῆς χαμᾶθεν σποδοῦ Hdt. 4.172; μετρεῖν τὴν ς ., of labour in vain, Arr. Epict. 3.26.17 .

III oxide of certain metals, ς. Κυπρίη copper oxide, Hp. Mul. 1.104; ς. Ἰλλυριῶτις Id. Ulc. 13; ς. χρυσῖτις Id. Mul. 1.103, cf. Dsc. 5.75. metaph., κυλίκων, πίθων ς ., of a bibulous old woman, 'soaker', 'sponge', AP 6.291, 7.455 ( Leon. ). lava, Str. 6.2.3 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σποδός, σποδοῦ, ἡ, from Homer down, ashes: Hebrews 9:13; ἐν σάκκῳ καί σποδῷ κάθημαι, to sit clothed in sackcloth and covered with ashes (exhibiting the tokens of grief, cf. Jonah 3:6; Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 6:26; Esther 4:1, 3; 1 Macc. 3:47; cf. σάκκος, b.): Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σποδός , -οῦ , ὁ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H665;]

ashes: Hebrews 9:13; ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σ . (Isaiah 58:5, John 3:6, Da LXX Daniel 9:3, al.), Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";live along with"; (Romans 6:8 al.) : cf. the ii/B.C. epigram on Menander discovered in Rome, Kaibel 1085.1 f.—

Ἐχρῆν μὲν στῆσαι σὺν Ἔρωτι φίλῳ σε, Μένανδρε, ᾧ συνζῶν ἐτέλεις ὄργια τερπνὰ θεοῦ.