σπόγγος G4699
1. sense 1 3×
AR["إِسْفَنْجَةً"]·ben["স্পঞ্জ"]·DE["Schwamm","σπόγγον"]·EN["a-sponge"]·FR["éponge"]·heb["סְפוֹג"]·HI["स्पंज"]·ID["bunga-karang","spons"]·IT["spoggon"]·jav["jamur","spanji,","spons"]·KO["해면-을","해면을"]·PT["esponja"]·RU["губку"]·ES["esponja"]·SW["sifongo","sponge"]·TR["sünger"]·urd["اسفنج"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
σπόγγος, ὁ, sponge, σ. πολυτρήτοισι τραπέζας νίζον Refs 8th c.BC+; used at the bath, Refs 5th c.BC+; for cleaning shoes. NT+5th c.BC+ __II any spongy substance, σικυώνης σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ σ. the glands in the throat, tonsils, from their spongy nature and liability to swell, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III ={νήριον}, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+. (σφόγγος is found in Refs 4th c.BC+; compare σπογγιά, σπογγίον.)