Word Study · Strong's G4700 · Greek

σποδός

spodos

spod-os'

Strong's 1890 spelling: spodós

“ashes”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

ashes

Rendered in the KJV as

ashes.

3
occurrencesin the New Testament
3 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

σποδῷ2
σποδὸς1

How it is rendered · 2

ashes2
[the] ashes1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2
noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-DSF · 2
N-NSF · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Matthew1 of 3 · 33%
Luke1 of 3 · 33%
Hebrews1 of 3 · 33%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 11:21σποδῷspodōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.here: ashes

Luke1 occurrence

Luke 10:13σποδῷspodōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularWoe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.here: ashes

Hebrews1 occurrence

Hebrews 9:13σποδὸςspodosnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularFor if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,here: [the] ashes

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