Strong's Greek Concordance

G4699: σπόγγος

spóngos · “sponge”

Definition

a "sponge"

KJV translates it as: spunge

Word origin: perhaps of foreign origin;

Extended definition

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

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G4699 is translated

  • a sponge ×2
  • a sponge, ×1

Bible verses with G4699 (spóngos)

Spóngos appears in 3 verses.

  • Matthew 27:48

    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.

  • Mark 15:36

    And 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 19:29

    Now 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.