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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - σπένδω
σπένδω
G4689
Transliteration: spéndō
Pronunciation: spen'-do
Definition: be offered
- Original: σπένδω - Transliteration: Spendo - Phonetic: spen'-do
- Definition:
1. to pour out as a drink offering, make a libation
2. in the NT to be offered as a libation
3. fig. used of one whose blood is poured out in a violent death for the cause of God
- Origin: apparently a primary verb - TDNT entry: 7:528,* - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Apparently a primary verb; to pour out as a libation that is (figuratively) to devote (one´ s life or blood as a sacrifice) (spend): - (be ready to) be offered.