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Lexicon :: Strong's G4700 - spodos

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σποδός
Transliteration
spodos (Key)
Pronunciation
spod-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Strong’s Definitions

σποδός spodós, spod-os'; of uncertain derivation; ashes:—ashes.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4700 in the following manner: ashes (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4700 in the following manner: ashes (3x).

  1. ashes: placed on sackcloth as a token of grief

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σποδός spodós, spod-os'; of uncertain derivation; ashes:—ashes.
STRONGS G4700:
σποδός, σποδοῦ, ἡ, from Homer down, ashes: Hebrews 9:13; ἐν σάκκῳ καί σποδῷ κάθημαι, to sit clothed in sackcloth and covered with ashes (exhibiting the tokens of grief, cf. Jonah 3:6; Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 6:26; Esther 4:1, 3; 1 Macc. 3:47; cf. σάκκος, b.): Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Esther
1; 4:1; 4:3
Isaiah
58:5; 61:3
Jeremiah
6:26
Jonah
3:6
Matthew
11:21
Luke
10:13
Hebrews
9:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4700 matches the Greek σποδός (spodos),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:16 - And he shall take away the crop with the feathers, and shall cast it forth by the altar toward the east to the place of the ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up in a clean place outside the camp; and they shall be for the congregation of the children of Israel to keep: it is the water of sprinkling, a purification.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - And Themar took ashes, and put them on her head; and she rent the variegated garment that was upon her: and she laid her hands on her head, and went crying continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - But Mardochæus having perceived what was done, rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - And he came to the king's gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace, wearing sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 - And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body like a body of clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 - And thou hast counted me as clay; my portion is in dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 - (LXX 101:10) For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 - (LXX 147:5) He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, ye will not say, There is a lie in my right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - that there should be given to them that mourn in Sion glory instead of ashes, the [fn]oil of joy to the mourners, [fn]the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness: and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, gird thyself with sackcloth: sprinkle thyself with ashes; make for thyself pitiable lamentation, as the mourning for a beloved son: for misery will come suddenly upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 - And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, he has fed me with ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - And they shall wail over thee with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - Because of the multitude of thy sins and the iniquities of thy merchandise, I have profaned thy sacred things; and I will bring fire out of the midst of thee, this shall devour thee; and I will make thee to be ashes upon thy land before all that see thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek him diligently by prayer and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3 - (LXX 3:21) And ye shall trample the wicked; for they shall be ashes underneath your feet in the day which I appoint, saith the Lord Almighty.
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