2001 Translation

SPONDAS, spondas

Sounds Like: spon-DAS

Translations: libations, drink offerings, treaties

From the root: ΣΠΟΝΔΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a libation, which is a ritual pouring of a liquid as an offering to a deity or spirit. It can also refer to a drink offering in a more general sense. In some contexts, it can also mean a treaty or covenant, often sealed with a libation.

Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4689 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• Jeremiah — 7:18, 19:13, 39:29, 51:19, 51:25

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 19:313
• Book 12 — 5:249, 6:154, 9:381
• Book 13 — 8:242

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 16:57
• Book Three — 6:21, 7:8
• Book Four — 2:14, 8:23

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Leviticus — 23:37
• Numbers — 28:31, 29:39
• 1 Chronicles — 29:21
• Ezra (Beta) — 7:17
• Isaiah — 57:6
• Jeremiah — 7:18, 19:13, 39:29, 51:17, 51:19, 51:25
• Ezekiel — 20:28
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:46

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΟΝΔΗ.

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.

• ΠΟΝΔΕ — libation, drink offering, treaty, a libation, a drink offering
• ΣΠΟΝΔΑΙ — libations, drink offerings, treaties, truces
• ΣΠΟΝΔΑΙΣ — (to) libations, (to) treaties, (to) truces
• ΣΠΟΝΔΗ — drink offering, a drink offering, libation, treaty, covenant
• ΣΠΟΝΔΗΝ — libation, a libation, drink offering, a drink offering, treaty, a treaty
• ΣΠΟΝΔΙΑΝ — libation, a libation, drink offering, a drink offering
• ΣΠΟΝΔΩΝ — of libations, of drink offerings, of treaties, of truces
• ΣΠΟΝΔ‾Η‾ — drink offering, a drink offering, libation, a libation, treaty, a treaty

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