Lexical Summary spongos: a sponge Original Word: σπόγγοςTransliteration: spongos Phonetic Spelling: (spong'-gos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a sponge Meaning: a sponge Strong's Concordance a spongePerhaps of foreign origin; a "sponge" -- spunge. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4699: σπόγγοςσπόγγος, σπογγου, ὁ (perhaps akin is fungus; Curtius, § 575), from Homer down, sponge: Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; John 19:29. |