σποδόςspodós
ashes: Hebrews 9:13; ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σ.
Greek (New Testament) · G4700
Meanings
(Isaiah 58:5, John 3:6, Daniel 9:3, and elsewhere), Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13.
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 11:21 “What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
- Luke 10:13 “What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
- Hebrews 9:13 Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.