σπαργανόω
sparganóō
“from a derivative of the base of G4682 (σπαράσσω) meaning to strap or wrap with strips); to swathe (an infant after the Oriental custom)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
from a derivative of the base of G4682 (σπαράσσω) meaning to strap or wrap with strips); to swathe (an infant after the Oriental custom)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to swathe, wrap in swaddling cloths, Lk. 2:7, 12*
Translated in KJV as
wrap in swaddling clothes
Etymology
from (a strip;
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