# σπόγγος (spongos)

Strong’s G4699. 3 New Testament occurrences.

a sponge.

Lexicon: Dodson, public domain.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/greek/spongos-g4699

## Occurrences

- [Matthew 27:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/27/48) — And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
- [Mark 15:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/15/36) — And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him…
- [John 19:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/john/19/29) — Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.