Grow With Me
Grow With Me

σποδός

spodos · ashes

Greek word · Strong’s number G4700 · appears 3 times in the Bible

What is the Strong number?Strong’s number identifies this word: use it to find the same word in other study tools.

What it means

spodos (σποδός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “ashes”.

How to say it

spo·dos

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The gray powder left after something is burned.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

  • Matthew 11:21

    “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

  • Luke 10:13

    Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

  • Hebrews 9:13

    For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the cleanness of the flesh,