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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: λόγχη

(Strong's #3057 — Noun Feminine — lonche — long'-khay )

primarily "a spearhead," then, "a lance or spear," occurs in John 19:34; some texts have it in Matthew 27:49 . As to John 19:29 , there is an old conjecture, mentioned by Field (Notes on the Trans. of the NT), to the effect that the sponge was put on a spear (hussos, "a javelin," the Roman pilum, instead of hussopos, "hyssop").

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