- Original: σπόγγος - Transliteration: Spoggos - Phonetic: spong'-gos - Definition: 1. sponge - Origin: perhaps of foreign origin - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Perhaps of foreign origin; a sponge: - spunge. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • full, 1 Mar 15:36 • sponge, 2 Mat 27:48; Joh 19:29