σπόγγοςspóngos
a "sponge"
Greek (New Testament) · G4699
Meanings
a sponge: Matthew 27:48, Mark 15:36, John 19:29.
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 27:48 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink.
- Mark 15:36 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!”
- John 19:29 A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.