noun · feminine
spodas
Greekσποδός (spodos)
Strong’sG4700
ashes
stem spod-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
σποδός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for אֵפֶר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4700 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidspod-os'
ashes
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesashes.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | spodas1×σποδὸς | spodais |
| object accusative | spodan | spodain |
| direct address vocative | spodar | spodair |
| of, belonging to genitive | spodau | spodaiu |
| to, for dative | spoda2×σποδῷ | spodai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
spoda 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
spodas“ashes”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 9:13“ashes”ei gar tem haimem tragoiu kai tauroiu kai spodas damaliau rantizarōtas toin koinirētoin hagiazatō pros tan tau sarxau katharotan,For 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,
spoda“ashes”to, fordative singular2×
Matthew 11:21“ashes”Ouai si, Chorazin; ouai si, Bēthsaida; hoti ei en Tura kai Sidōna ginela tais dunamiais tais gineratais en vi, palai an en sakko kai spoda metanoala.“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.
Luke 10:13“ashes”Ouai si, Chorazin; ouai si, Bēthsaida; hoti ei en Tura kai Sidōna ginila tais dunamiais tais gineratais en vi, palai an en sakko kai spoda katherōtois metanoala.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, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.