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To wrap

σπαργανόωStrong’s G4683

sparganoō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Sparganoō is the Greek word usually translated “wrapped in swaddling cloths” and “swaddled”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.”
Luke 2:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “wrapped in swaddling cloths” and “swaddled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • wrapped in swaddling cloths 1
  • swaddled 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

σπαργανόω sparganoō · to wrap

σπαργανόω, -ῶ (σπάργανον, a swathing-band) [in LXX: Job.38:9, Eze.16:4 (חָתַל pu.)* ;] to swathe, wrap in swaddling-clothes: Luk.2:7, 12 (Hipp., Arist., Plut.).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “wrap” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WRAP, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive wrapped or wrapt.

  1. To wind or fold together.
  2. To involve; to cover by winding something round; often with up; as, to wrap up a child in its blanket; wrap the body well with flannel in winter.
  3. To involve; to hide; as truth wrapt in tales.
  4. To comprise; to contain.
All definitions
  1. To involve totally.
  2. To inclose.
  3. To snatch up; to transport.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.