Forms of the word

Dictionary
σπόγγος, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration
spongos
Simplified transliteration
spongos

Numbers

Strong's number
4699
GK Number
5074

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Gloss
sponge
Definition
a sponge, Mt. 27:48; Mk. 15:36; Jn. 19:29*

Greek-English Concordance for σπόγγος

Matthew 27:48 And one of them at once ran and got a sponge (spongon | σπόγγον | acc sg masc), filled it with sour wine, put it on a staff, and gave it to him to drink.
Mark 15:36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge (spongon | σπόγγον | acc sg masc) with sour wine, put it on a staff, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Permit me; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.”
John 19:29 A jar full of sour wine was there, so they attached a sponge (spongon | σπόγγον | acc sg masc) soaked in the sour wine to a stalk of hyssop and held it to his mouth.

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