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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 Box Gen 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:16 - He shall remove its crop with its contents[fn] and cast it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place. And they shall be kept for the water for impurity for the congregation of the people of Israel; it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she wore. And she laid her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - He went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 - Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 - God[fn] has cast me into the mire,
and I have become like dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - therefore I despise myself,
and repent[fn] in dust and ashes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 - For I eat ashes like bread
and mingle tears with my drink,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 - He gives snow like wool;
he scatters frost like ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - Is such the fast that I choose,
a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth,
and roll in ashes;
make mourning as for an only son,
most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 - He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
and made me cower in ashes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
They cast dust on their heads
and wallow in ashes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so I brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
in the sight of all who saw you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - The word reached[fn] the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3 - And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the LORD of hosts.
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