Word Summary
sparganoō: to wrap in swaddling clothes
Original Word: σπαργανόωTransliteration: sparganoō
Phonetic Spelling: (spar-gan-o'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to wrap in swaddling clothes
Meaning: to wrap in swaddling clothes
Strong's Concordance
wrap in swaddling clothes.
From sparganon (a strip; from a derivative of the base of sparasso meaning to strap or wrap with strips); to swathe (an infant after the Oriental custom) -- wrap in swaddling clothes.
see GREEK sparasso
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4683: σπαργανόωσπαργανόω,
σπαργάνω: 1 aorist
ἐσπαργάνωσα; perfect passive participle
ἐσπαργανωμενος: (
σπραγανον a swathing band);
to wrap in swaddling-clothes: an infant just born,
Luke 2:7, 12. (
Ezekiel 16:4; (
Euripides,
Aristotle),
Hippocrates,
Plutarch, others.)