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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, , 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraham replied, “Now behold, I have [fn]ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am only dust and ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:16 - ‘He shall also remove its craw with its feathers and throw it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the fatty ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - ‘Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them outside the camp in a clean place, and [fn]the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep them for water to remove impurity; it is [fn]purification from sin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - Tamar took ashes and put them on her head, and tore her [fn]long-sleeved garment which was on her; and she put her hand on her head and went on her way, crying out as she went.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 -

When Mordecai learned of everything that had been done, [fn]he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - And he came as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and mourning rites; and many had sackcloth and ashes spread out as a bed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 -

“Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,

Your defenses are defenses of clay.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 -

“He has thrown me into the mire,

And I have become like dust and ashes.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 -

Therefore I retract,

And I repent, sitting on dust and ashes.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 -

For I have eaten ashes like bread,

And mixed my drink with weeping

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 -

He [fn]showers snow like wool;

He scatters the frost like ashes.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - He [fn]feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has misled him. And he cannot save [fn]himself, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 -

“Is it a fast like this that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself?

Is it for bowing [fn]one’s head like a reed

And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed?

Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 -

To grant those who mourn in Zion,

Giving them a garland instead of ashes,

The oil of gladness instead of mourning,

The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.

So they will be called [fn]oaks of righteousness,

The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 -

Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth

And roll in ashes;

[fn]Mourn as for an only son,

A most bitter mourning.

For suddenly the destroyer

Will come against us.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 -

He has also made my teeth grind with gravel;

He has made me cower in the dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 -

And they will make their voice heard over you

And cry out bitterly.

They will throw dust on their heads,

They will wallow in ashes.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 -

“By the multitude of your wrongdoings,

In the unrighteousness of your trade

You profaned your sanctuaries.

Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you;

It has consumed you,

And I have turned you to ashes on the earth

In the eyes of all who see you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I gave my [fn]attention to the Lord God, to seek Him by prayer and pleading, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his robe from himself, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the [fn]dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3 - “And you will crush the wicked underfoot, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day [fn]that I am preparing,” says the LORD of armies.
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