Quick Definition
a sponge
Strong's Definition
a "sponge"
Derivation: perhaps of foreign origin;
KJV Usage: spunge
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπόγγος, σπογγου, ὁ (perhaps akin is fungus; Curtius, § 575), from Homer down, sponge: Mat_27:48; Mar_15:36; Joh_19:29.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπόγγος spongos 3x
a sponge, Mat_27:48 ; Mar_15:36 ; Joh_19:29
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* σπόγγος , -ου , ὁ ,
a sponge: Mat_27:48 , Mar_15:36 , Joh_19:29 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπόγγος [page 584]
sponge ( Mat_27:48 al. ) : cf. PSI V. 535 .20 (iii/B.C.) σπόγγο̣ι ̣τραχεῖς , and ib. VI. 558 .7 (B.C. 257 6) σφόγγων (for form see Lob. Phryn. p. 113). In P Oxy XI. 1384, a v/A.D. collection of medical recipes, two theological extracts are inserted on account of their medical interest, perhaps as a kind of charm, say the editors; but rather, according to Moffatt ( Exp T xxvii. p. 424) as illustrations . . . to show that specific remedies had religious justification. In the second the angels of the Lord are represented as having gone up to heaven to seek a remedy for their eyes .24 ff. ὀφθαλμοὺς πονο <ῦ >ντες καὶ σφόγγον κρατοῦντες , suffering in their eyes and holding a sponge. MGr σφουγγάρι . In P Lond 113. 11 ( a ) .1 (vi/vii A.D.) (= I. p. 223) a certain Apollos has the cognomen σπογγοκέφαλος (a title not in LS 8 ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σπόγγος σπόγγος, ανδ σφόγγος, ὁ, "a sponge", Hom. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σπόγγος, -ου, ὁ
a sponge: Mat.27:48, Mrk.15:36, Jhn.19:29.†
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