Quick Definition
σπαργανόω v. I wrap in swaddling clothes
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of the base of G4682 (σπαράσσω) meaning to strap or wrap with strips); to swathe (an infant after the Oriental custom)
Derivation: from (a strip;
KJV Usage: wrap in swaddling clothes
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπαργανόω, τῶ: 1 aor. ἐσπαργάνωσα; pf. pass. ptep. ἐσπαργανωμένος ; (σπάργανον a swathing band) ; to wrap in swaadling-clothes: an infant just born, Lk. ii. 7, 12. (Ezek. xvi. 4; [Eur., Aristot.], Hippocr., Plut., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπαργανόω sparganoō 2x
to swathe, wrap in swaddling cloths, Lk. 2:7, 12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σπαργανόω, -ῶ
(< σπάργανον, a swathing-band) [in LXX: Jb 38:9, Ez 16:4 (חתל pu.)* ;]
to swathe, wrap in swaddling-clothes: Lk 2:7, 12 (Hipp., Arist., Plut.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπαργανόω, ‘*swathe ’’ (Lk 27.135). For the noun (as in Sap 74) cf. Kaibel 3148 (iii/A.D.) εἰς σπάργανά μ᾽ αὐτὸς ἔθηκεν, and P Masp I. 67097 verso (D)** (Byz.) ταύτην ἐκ σπαργάνων θάλψας. i? σπεκουλατωρ
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σπαργανόω (sparganoō) — to wrap. σπαργᾰν-όω, = σπάργω, wrap in σπάργανα (whether 1.1 or 1.2), σπαργανώσαντες πέπλοις [τὸν παῖδα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; swathe, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θρίοισι ταύτην (i.e. τὴν ἀμίαν) ἐσπαργάνωσα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀχύροις σ. [τὴν χιόνα] [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, [NT+5th c.BC+]