Quick Definition
I wrap in swaddling clothes
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of the base of G4682 (σπαράσσω) meaning to strap or wrap with strips); to swathe (an infant after the Oriental custom)
Derivation: from (a strip;
KJV Usage: wrap in swaddling clothes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπαργανόω, σπαργάνω: 1 aorist ἐσπαργάνωσα; perfect passive participle ἐσπαργανωμενος: (σπραγανον a swathing band); to wrap in swaddling-clothes: an infant just born, Luk_2:7; Luk_2:12. (Eze_16:4; (Euripides, Aristotle), Hippocrates, Plutarch, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπαργανόω sparganoō 2x
to swathe, wrap in swaddling cloths, Luk_2:7 ; Luk_2:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σπαργανόω , -ῶ
( < σπάργανον , a swathing-band ),
[in LXX : Job_38:9 , Eze_16:4 ( H2853 pu .) * ;]
to swathe, wrap in swaddling-clothes: Luk_2:7 ; Luk_2:12 ( Hipp ., Arist ., Plut .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπαργανόω [page 582]
swathe ( Luk_2:7 ; Luk_2:12 ). For the noun (as in Sap 7:4) cf. Kaibel 314 .6 (iii/A.D.) εἰς σπάργανά μ᾽ αὐτὸς ἔθηκεν , and P Masp I. 67097 verso (D) .32 (Byz.) ταύτην ἐκ σπαργάνων θάλψας .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σπαργανόω [Etym: from σπάργα^νον] [Etym: like σπάργω] "to wrap in swaddling-clothes, swathe", Eur. :—Pass., perf. part. ἐσπαργανωμένος NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σπαργανόω, -ῶ
(σπάργανον, a swathing-band) [in LXX: Job.38:9, Eze.16:4 (חָתַל pu.)* ;]
to swathe, wrap in swaddling-clothes: Luk.2:7, 12 (Hipp., Arist., Plut.).†
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