What does σποδός (spodós) mean in the Bible?
σποδός (spodós): Ashes symbolize desolation, mourning, and penitence; marks of humiliation and repentance in Jewish practice
Greek · G4700
σποδός
Ashes
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σποδός G4700
Pronunciation spodós
What does σποδός (spodós) mean in the Bible?
σποδός (spodós): Ashes symbolize desolation, mourning, and penitence; marks of humiliation and repentance in Jewish practice
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How does the BSB render G4700?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include ashes (2), [the] ashes (1).
Where does σποδός (spodós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It ashes 2× Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13
[the] ashes 1× Hebrews 9:13
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 11:21
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
σποδῷ 2x spodō Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13
σποδὸς 1x spodos Hebrews 9:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 9:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Ashes symbolize desolation, mourning, and penitence; marks of humiliation and repentance in Jewish practice
Strong's G4700
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 10:13 Source Gloss
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Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:21 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
σποδῷ spodw
ashes
Read verse Luke 10:13 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
σποδῷ spodw
ashes
Read verse Hebrews 9:13 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
σποδὸς spodov
ashes
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Heb 9:13 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 11:21 · Luke 10:13 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
symbolic expression of repentance and mourning over unrepentant cities
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
σποδός is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain