The corpus record

σπαργᾰν-όω

sparganoo

wrap in σπάργανα

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Where it lives

Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Luke 2 · 1.04/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k

What it meant

σπαργᾰν-όω · spargan-oō — LSJ

wrap in σπάργανα, swathe

wrap in σπάργανα (whether I.1 or I.2), σπαργανώσαντες πέπλοις [τὸν παῖδα] E. Ion 955; swathe, Arist. HA 584b4, Sor. 1.83, al.: metaph., Clearch. Fr. 26; θρίοισι ταύτην (sc. τὴν ἀμίαν) ἐσπαργάνωσα Sotad.Com. 1.28; ἀχύροις σ. [τὴν χιόνα] Plu. QConv. 2.691c:—Pass., Hp. Aër. 20, Fract. 22; βρέφος ἐσπαργανωμένον Ev.Luc. 2.12.

In the wild

σπαργανώσαντες · sparganōsantes Euripides, Ion 955 (DIORISIS sentence 615)
ἐσπαργανωμένον · esparganōmenon New Testament, Luke 2.12 (DIORISIS sentence 79)
ἐσπαργάνωσεν · esparganōsen New Testament, Luke 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 75)
ἐσπαργανώθης · esparganōthēs Septuaginta, Ezechiel 16
ἐσπαργάνωσα · esparganōsa Septuaginta, Job 38

Where it came from

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