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Lexicon :: Strong's G4689 - spendō

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σπένδω
Transliteration
spendō (Key)
Pronunciation
spen'-do
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:528,*

Strong’s Definitions

σπένδω spéndō, spen'-do; apparently a primary verb; to pour out as a libation, i.e. (figuratively) to devote (one's life or blood, as a sacrifice) ("spend"):—(be ready to) be offered.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4689 in the following manner: be ready to be offered (1x), be offered (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4689 in the following manner: be ready to be offered (1x), be offered (1x).

  1. to pour out as a drink offering, make a libation

  2. in the NT to be offered as a libation

  3. fig. used of one whose blood is poured out in a violent death for the cause of God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπένδω spéndō, spen'-do; apparently a primary verb; to pour out as a libation, i.e. (figuratively) to devote (one's life or blood, as a sacrifice) ("spend"):—(be ready to) be offered.
STRONGS G4689:
σπένδω: present passive σπένδομαι; (cf. German spenden (perhaps of the 'tossing away' of a liquid, Curtius, § 296; but cf. Vanicek, p. 1245f)); from Homer down; the Sept. for נָסַך; to pour out as a drink-offering, make a libation; in the N. T. σπένδεσθαι, to be offered as a libation, is figuratively used of one whose blood is poured out in a violent death for the cause of God: Philippians 2:17 (see θυσία, b. at the end); 2 Timothy 4:6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Philippians
2:17
2 Timothy
4:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4689 matches the Greek σπένδω (spendō),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:29 - Make special containers of pure gold for the table—bowls, pans, pitchers, and jars—to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:9 - Do not offer any unholy incense on this altar, or any burnt offerings, grain offerings, or liquid offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:16 - Then he made special containers of pure gold for the table—bowls, pans, jars, and pitchers—to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:7 - “Next they must spread a blue cloth over the table where the Bread of the Presence is displayed, and on the cloth they will place the bowls, pans, jars, pitchers, and the special bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7 - Along with it you must present the proper liquid offering of one quart of alcoholic drink with each lamb, poured out in the Holy Place as an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - No wonder I am so angry! Watch how the children gather wood and the fathers build sacrificial fires. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. And they pour out liquid offerings to their other idol gods!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - Yes, all the houses in Jerusalem, including the palace of Judah’s kings, will become like Topheth—all the houses where you burned incense on the rooftops to your star gods, and where liquid offerings were poured out to your idols.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - The Babylonians outside the walls will come in and set fire to the city. They will burn down all these houses where the people provoked my anger by burning incense to Baal on the rooftops and by pouring out liquid offerings to other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - “Besides,” the women added, “do you suppose that we were burning incense and pouring out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and making cakes marked with her image, without our husbands knowing it and helping us? Of course not!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You and your wives have said, “We will keep our promises to burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven,” and you have proved by your actions that you meant it. So go ahead and carry out your promises and vows to her!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - for when I brought them into the land I had promised them, they offered sacrifices on every high hill and under every green tree they saw! They roused my fury as they offered up sacrifices to their gods. They brought their perfumes and incense and poured out their liquid offerings to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:46 - Then King Nebuchadnezzar threw himself down before Daniel and worshiped him, and he commanded his people to offer sacrifices and burn sweet incense before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:4 - There you will make no offerings of wine to the LORD.
None of your sacrifices there will please him.
They will be unclean, like food touched by a person in mourning.
All who present such sacrifices will be defiled.
They may eat this food themselves,
but they may not offer it to the LORD.
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