Sponge
σπόγγοςStrong’s G4699spongos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Spongos is the Greek word usually translated “sponge”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sponge”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a sponge 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- John 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 15:36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
- John 19:29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
Greek dictionary
σπόγγος spongos · sponge
σπόγγος, -ου, ὁ a sponge: Mat.27:48, Mrk.15:36, Jhn.19:29.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.