Lexicon entry · Greek
G4699σπόγγοςspongos
spongePart of speech: Greek Noun (Masculine)
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Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
σπόγγον, spongon “a sponge,”
One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."
σπόγγον spongon “a sponge”
Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.
σπόγγον spongon “a sponge”