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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 - Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:16 - He is to remove the crop and the feathers[fn] and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - “A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They are to be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing; it is for purification from sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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 BoxJob 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 - He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 - For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 - He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - Put on sackcloth, my people, and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 - He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - They will raise their voice and cry bitterly over you; they will sprinkle dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:3 - Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the LORD Almighty.
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