Lexical 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.) |