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Sponge

Occurs only in the narrative of the crucifixion (Matt. 27:48; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

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Study overview

Study at a glance

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G4699
Greek
σπόγγος · spongos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

σπόγγος

G4699
Transliteration
spongos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

sponge, spunge

Lexicon definition

σπόγγος, -ου, ὁ a sponge: Mat.27:48, Mrk.15:36, Jhn.19:29.† (AS)

Hebrew lexical coverage

No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry

H—

The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Hebrew word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Sponge

Occurs only in the narrative of the crucifixion (Matt. 27:48; Mark 15:36; John 19:29). It is ranked as a zoophyte. It is found attached to rocks at the bottom of the sea.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Sponge

Indexed occurrences: 3

Source: Strong's Concordance · View data sources

All Scripture references3 references

Topical Bible

Sources

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