verb

Greekσπένδομαι (spendomai)

Biblang

spendomō

Strong’sG4689

I pour out as a libation

stem spend-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

σπένδω

[in LXX chiefly for נסך hi.;]

to pour out as a drink-offering, make a libation; pass., fig., σπένδομαι, I am poured out or offered as a libation (in the shedding of my life-blood): Phl 2:17 (v. Lft., in l.), II Ti 4:6 (for exx. from π., v. Milligan, Selections, 114 f.; MM, xxiii).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4689 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidspen'-do

to pour out as a libation, i.e. (figuratively) to devote (one's life or blood, as a sacrifice) ("spend")

Fromapparently a primary verb;

King James(be ready to) be offered.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

σπένδω,
Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect subjunctive 2nd pers. singular σπένδῃσθα Refs 8th c.BC+: Ionic dialect imperfect σπένδεσκον Refs 8th c.BC+: future σπείσω LXX+5th c.BC+: aorist ἔσπεισα Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect σπεῖσα Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect subjunctive σπείσομεν, for -ωμεν, Refs: perfect ἔσπεικα Refs 1st c.AD+:—middle, aorist ἐσπεισάμην Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, aorist ἐσπείσθην Refs 1st c.AD+perfect ἔσπεισμαι, see below Refs near the end:—make a drink-offering (because before drinking wine a portion was poured on the table, hearth, or altar), σπεῖσάν τ᾽ ἔπιόν θ᾽ ὅσον ἤθελε θυμός Refs 8th c.BC+: with dative of the god to whom the libation was made, σέπας ἑλὼν σπείσασκε θεοῖσιν Refs 8th c.BC+; τὴν (i.e. κύλικα) δὲ θεοῖς σπένδεις Refs 6th c.BC+; κρητῆρας σπενδέτω probably let him dedicate them by pouring an offering from them, Refs 5th c.BC+ —the liquid poured is mostly in _accusative_, σ. οἶνον pour wine, Refs 8th c.BC+; σπονδάς, χοάς, Refs 5th c.BC+; elliptically, σ. ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονος (i.e. σπονδήν) Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. οἴνου (partitive genitive) Refs 2nd c.AD+ rarely with dative _of things_, ὕδατι σ. make a drink-offering with water, Refs 8th c.BC+; Ὀλυμπίῳ σ. ἀοιδαῖς make libations with songs to Zeus, Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, οὗτος θεοῖσι σπένδεται θεὸς γεγώς Refs 5th c.BC+ I am offered (as a drink-offering) upon it, NT
2 rarely without the religious sense, simply pour, τράγου οὖρον, as remedy for convulsions, Refs 5th c.BC+; ξίφος αἷμα τυράννων ἔσπ. Refs
II middle, pour libations one with another, and, as this was the custom in making treaties or agreements, make a treaty, make peace, Refs 5th c.BC+ — Constr., σπένδεσθαί τινι make peace with one, Refs 5th c.BC+ give it pledges of safe conduct, Refs 4th c.BC+; so σ. τινί obtain a truce for one, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. πρός τινας, for τισι, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a person, σπείσασθαι cum Bruto et Cassio, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. ἐπὶ τοῖσδε on these terms, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive alone, Refs having concluded a peace with them, Refs 5th c.BC+; νεῖκος ἐσπεῖσθαι make up a quarrel, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. ἀναίρεσιν τοῖς νεκροῖς obtain a truce for taking up the dead, Refs 5th c.BC+ —perfect ἔσπεισμαι is used in middle sense in Refs 5th c.BC+; but in passive sense, ἐσπεῖσθαι τὰς σπονδάς Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist, ἐσπείσθησαν ἀνοχαί Refs 5th c.BC+, emphasis is laid on the act of one of the parties, and in Refs 1st c.AD+ (Cf. Hittite š (i) pand- 'pour a libation', Latin spondeo.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

poured out as a drink offering2×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
spendomōσπένδομαι	happening now · Ipresent middle or passive indicative 1st person singular	poured out as a drink offering	2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	spendomō2×σπένδομαι	spendome	spendomē	spendomelē
you 2nd person singular	spendosō	spendose	spendosē	spendoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	spendotō	spendote	spendotē	spendotelē
we 1st person plural	spendonō	spendone	spendonē	spendonelē
ye 2nd person plural	spendovō	spendove	spendovē	spendovelē
they 3rd person plural	spendolō	spendole	spendolē	spendolelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	spendomeiō	spendomeiē
you 2nd person singular	spendoseiō	spendoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	spendoteiō	spendoteiē
we 1st person plural	spendoneiō	spendoneiē
ye 2nd person plural	spendoveiō	spendoveiē
they 3rd person plural	spendoleiō	spendoleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	spendosōr	spendosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	spendotōr	spendotēr
ye 2nd person plural	spendovōr	spendovēr
they 3rd person plural	spendolōr	spendolēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present
I 1st person singular	spendomoiō
you 2nd person singular	spendosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singular	spendotoiō
we 1st person plural	spendonoiō
ye 2nd person plural	spendovoiō
they 3rd person plural	spendoloiō

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice	spendorō			spendorē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice	spendorōntos			spendorēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

spendstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

spend is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

spendomō“poured out as a drink offering”happening now · Ipresent middle or passive indicative 1st person singular2×

Philippians 2:17“poured out as a drink offering”alla ei kai spendomō epi ta thusia kai leitourgia tau …But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your …

2 Timothy 4:6“poured out as a drink offering”Mis gar ēdē spendomō, kai tos kairos tau analusiau mu …For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at …