Quick Definition
σπόγγος, ου, ὁ n.m. a sponge
Strong's Definition
perhaps of foreign origin; a "sponge"
KJV Usage: spunge
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σπόγγος, -ov, 6, [perh. akin is fungus ; Curtius § 575], fr. Hom. down, sponge: Mt. xxvii. 48; Mk. xv. 36; Jn. xix.) 29.5
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σπόγγος spongos 3x
a sponge, Mt. 27:48; Mk. 15:36; Jn. 19:29*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* σπόγγος, -ου, ὁ a sponge: Mt 27:48, Mk 15:36, Jo 19:29.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σπόγγος, “‘sponge’’ (Mt 2748 a/.): cf. PSI V. 5357° (iii/B.c.) σπόγγοι τραχεῖς, and 26. VI. 558? (B.C. 257-6) σφόγγων (for form see Lob. PAry. p. 113). In P Oxy XI. 1384, a y/A.D. collection of medical recipes, two theological extracts are inserted ‘‘on account of their medical interest, perhaps as a kind of charm,” say the editors; but rather, according to Moffatt (2xf 7 xxvii. p. 424) as ‘‘illustrations . . . to show that specific remedies had religious justification.” In the second ‘‘ the angels of the Lord” are represented as having gone up to heaven to seek a remedy for their eyes—*4 δ. ὀφθαλμοὺς ovo <t>vrtes kal σφόγγον κρατοῦντες, ‘‘ suffering in their eyes and holding a sponge.’’ MGr σφουγγάρι. In P Lond 113. 11 (a)? (vi/vii A.D.) (= I. p. 223) a certain Apollos has the cognomen σπογγοκέφαλος (a title not in 1.58).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σπόγγος (spongos) — sponge. σπόγγος, ὁ, sponge, σ. πολυτρήτοισι τραπέζας νίζον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; used at the bath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; for cleaning shoes. [NT+5th c.BC+]
II. any spongy substance, σικυώνης σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ σ. the glands in the throat, tonsils, from their spongy nature and liability to swell, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. ={νήριον}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]. (σφόγγος is found in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare σπογγιά, σπογγίον.)