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Strong's G4700 σποδός (spodos)

Spodos means “ashes” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4700 — metseleth (“cymbals”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4700
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 22

Strong's G4700 Quick Answer

Strong's G4700 σποδός (spodos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. spodos (spod-os') n. 1. ashes [of uncertain derivation] It has 36 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include ashes. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
spodos (spod-os') n. 1. ashes [of uncertain derivation]
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
ashes

Meaning and Definition

spodos (spod-os') n. 1. ashes [of uncertain derivation] KJV: ashes

Original Word
σποδός
Transliteration
spodos
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4700. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

ashes

Usage: σποδός, -oῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for אֵפֶר ;] ashes: Heb.9:13; ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σ. (Isa.58:5, Jhn.3:6, Dan LXX 9:3, al.), Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4700 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render spodos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

ashes Matthew 11:21

How Strong's G4700 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4700 (σποδός) appears 35 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4700 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4700 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 11:21 KJV

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:13 KJV

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Hebrews 9:13 KJV

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

Strong's G4700 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 18:27 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.

Leviticus 1:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And he shall take away the crop with the feathers, and shall cast it forth by the altar toward the east to the place of the ashes.

Numbers 19:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up in a clean place outside the camp; and they shall be for the congregation of the children of Israel to keep: it is the water of sprinkling, a purification.

Strong's G4700 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

11 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 4:15 Septuagint / Brenton

and had ashes on their miters, and cried unto the Lord with all their power, that he would look upon all the house of Israel graciously.

Judith 9:1 Septuagint / Brenton

Then Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord, Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,

1 Maccabees 3:47 Septuagint / Brenton

Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes,

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4700.

Genesis 18:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.
Leviticus 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take away the crop with the feathers, and shall cast it forth by the altar toward the east to the place of the ashes.
Numbers 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up in a clean place outside the camp; and they shall be for the congregation of the children of Israel to keep: it is the water of sprinkling, a purification.
2 Kingdoms 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Tamar took ashes, and put them on her head; and she rent the variegated garment that was upon her: and she laid her hands on her head, and went crying continually.
Esther 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Mordecai having perceived what was done, rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed.
Esther 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he came to the king’s gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace, wearing sackcloth and ashes.
Esther 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.
Job 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, And your body like a body of clay.
Job 30:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou hast counted me as clay; My portion is in dust and ashes.
Job 42:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: And I esteem myself dust and ashes.
Psalms 101:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, And mingled my drink with weeping;
Psalms 147:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He gives snow like wool: He scatters the mist like ashes.
Isaiah 44:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, ye will not say, There is a lie in my right hand.
Isaiah 58:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.
Isaiah 61:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness: and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.
Jeremiah 6:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O daughter of my people, gird thyself with sackcloth: sprinkle thyself with ashes; make for thyself pitiable lamentation, as the mourning for a beloved son: for misery will come suddenly upon you.
Lamentations 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, He has fed me with ashes.
Ezekiel 27:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall wail over thee with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.
Ezekiel 28:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because of the multitude of thy sins and the iniquities of thy merchandise, I have profaned thy sacred things; and I will bring fire out of the midst of thee, this shall devour thee; and I will make thee to be ashes upon thy land before all that see thee.
Daniel 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek him diligently by prayer and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth.
Jonah 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
Malachi 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall trample the wicked; for they shall be ashes underneath your feet in the day which I appoint, saith the Lord Almighty.
Matthew 11:21 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Luke 10:13 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Hebrews 9:13 New Testament, KJV
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Judith 4:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and had ashes on their miters, and cried unto the Lord with all their power, that he would look upon all the house of Israel graciously.
Judith 9:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord, Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,
1 Maccabees 3:47 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes,
1 Maccabees 4:39 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
they rent their clothes, and made great lamentation, and cast ashes upon their heads,
2 Maccabees 4:41 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They then seeing the attempt of Lysimachus, some of them caught stones, some clubs, others taking handfuls of dust, that was next at hand, cast them all together upon Lysimachus, and those that set upon them.
2 Maccabees 13:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now there was in that place a tower of fifty cubits high, full of ashes, and it had a round instrument, which on every side hanged down into the ashes.
2 Maccabees 13:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
His heart is ashes, his hope is more vile than earth, And his life of less value than clay:
Wisdom of Sirach 10:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: For such a one setteth his own soul to sale; Because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.
Wisdom of Sirach 17:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He vieweth the power of the height of heaven; And all men are but earth and ashes.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
From him that sitteth on a throne of glory, Unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4700, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4700 FAQ

What does spodos (σποδός) mean?

Spodos (Strong's G4700) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ashes". spodos (spod-os') n. 1. ashes [of uncertain derivation]

How many times is spodos (σποδός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G4700 across 22 books.

Where can I study spodos (σποδός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4700 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate spodos (σποδός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ashes. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4700 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 11 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4700, with linked reader references where each row is available.