ΣΠΟΔΟΝ, σποδον
SPODON, spodon
Sounds Like: spo-DON
Translations: ash, ashes, a heap of ashes
From the root: ΣΠΟΔΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to ash or ashes, the powdery residue left after something has been burned. It is often used in a literal sense to describe the remains of a fire. In ancient contexts, it could also symbolize mourning, repentance, or humility, as people would sometimes sit in or sprinkle themselves with ashes as a sign of grief or contrition.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4700 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 19:9
- Esther — 4:1, 4:3
- Judith — 9:1
- 1 Maccabees — 3:47
- Psalms — 101:10, 147:5
- Isaiah — 58:5
- Epistle of Barnabas — 3:2, 8:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 15:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 19:9
- 2 Samuel — 13:19
- Esther — 4:1, 4:2, 4:3
- Judith — 9:1
- 1 Maccabees — 3:47, 4:39
- 2 Maccabees — 13:5
- Psalms — 101:10, 147:5
- Job — 42:6
- Isaiah — 58:5
- Lamentations — 3:16
- Ezekiel — 27:30, 28:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΟΔΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΣΠΟΔΩΣΑΝΤΟ — they were reduced to ashes, they were turned into dust, they were covered with ashes
- ΣΠΟΔΑΣ — ashes, dust
- ΣΠΟΔΙΑΣ — of ashes, of dust, of cinders, an ash, ashes, dust, cinders
- ΣΠΟΔΟ — ash, ashes, dust, a heap of ashes
- ΣΠΟΔΟΣ — ash, ashes, a heap of ashes
- ΣΠΟΔΟΥ — of ash, of ashes, of an ash
- ΣΠΟΔΩ — ash, ashes
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