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Koine Greek wordlink #20812

SR GNT Mat 27:48 σπόγγον (spongon) ‘them and having taken a sponge having filled it and with wine_vinegar’ Strongs=46990 Lemma=spoŋgos
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form σπόγγον (N-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σπόγγον’ (N-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘a sponge’.

Yhn (Jhn) 19:29 ‘was lying of wine_vinegar full a sponge therefore full of the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 19:29 word 10

OET-LV: 29 A_vessel was _lying full of _wine _vinegar, therefore a_sponge full of _the wine _vinegar having _put _around around_a_hyssop stalk, they _brought over _it to _his mouth. (JHN_19:29)

OET-RV: 29 There was a container lying there full of vinegary wine, so they placed a sponge on a hyssop stalk, soaked it in the wine, and held it up to his mouth. (JHN 19:29)

Mark 15:36 ‘someone and having filled a sponge with wine_vinegar having put_around around a reed’ SR GNT Mark 15:36 word 9

OET-LV: 36 And someone having _run, and having _filled a_sponge with _wine _vinegar having _put _around around_a_reed, was _giving_ him _to _drink saying: Leave it, we _may _see if Aʸlias is _coming to _take_ him _down. (MRK_15:36)

OET-RV: 36 One of them ran, and soaked a sponge in some sour wine, then put it on a stick and held it up for Yeshua to drink, saying, “Hang on. Let’s see if Eliyah does come to get him down.” (MRK 15:36)

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular