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Strong’s G4683 · Greek

σπαργανόω

sparganóō · spar-gan-o'-o

Origin from σπάργανον (a strip;

Meaning from a derivative of the base of σπαράσσω (G4682) meaning to strap or wrap with strips); to swathe (an infant after the Oriental custom)

In the King James Version wrap in swaddling clothes.

In 2 verses of the King James Version

  1. Luke 2:7And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
  2. Luke 2:12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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