2001 Translation

SPONDEIŌN, spondeiōn

Sounds Like: spon-DEH-ee-ohn

Translations: of libation vessels, of libation bowls, of bowls for drink offerings

From the root: ΣΠΟΝΔΕΙΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to vessels or bowls used for pouring out libations, which were ritual drink offerings made to a deity. It is a compound word, derived from 'σπονδή' (spondē), meaning 'libation' or 'drink offering', and the suffix '-εῖον' (-eion), which denotes a place or instrument. Therefore, it literally means 'a place or instrument for libations'.

Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Neuter

Strong’s number: G4689 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:33

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 12 — 2:40
• Book 14 — 4:72

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Chronicles — 28:17

From the same root

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

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.

• ΣΠΟΝΔΕΙΑ — libation-cup, a libation bowl, a bowl for libations, a libation
• ΣΠΟΝΔΕΙΟΥ — of a libation bowl, of a libation vessel, of a place for libations
• ΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ — libation bowls, libation vessels, bowls for drink offerings, vessels for drink offerings

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