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Swaddling Clothes

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: σπαργανόω

(Strong's #4683 — Verb — sparganoo — spar-gan-o'-o )

"to swathe" (from sparganon, "a swathing band"), signifies "to wrap in swaddling clothes" in Luke 2:7,12 . The idea that the word means "rags" is without foundation. In the Sept., Job 38:9; Ezekiel 16:4 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Swaddling Clothes'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/swaddling-clothes.html. 1940.
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