13.19; 25.24. 1 Co. 9.11. 2 Co. 9.6. Ga. 6.7, et al. Σπεκουλάτωρ, ορος, ὁ, (Lat. speculator ) a sentinel, life-guardman, a kind of soldiers who formed the body-guard of princes, &c., one of whose duties was to put criminals to death, Mar. 6.27. Σπένδω, f. σπείσω, to pour out a libation or drink offering; in N.T., mid. to make a libation of one's self by expending energy and life in the service of the gospel, Phi. 2.17; pass. to be in the act of being sacrificed in the cause of the gospel, 2 Ti. 4.6. Σπέρμα, ατος, τό, (σπείρω) seed, Mat. 13.24, 27, 37, 38; semen virile, He. 11.11; offspring, progeny, posterity, Mat. 22.24, 25. Jno. 7.42; a seed of future generations, Ro. 9.29; in N.T., met. a seed or principle of spiritual life, 1 Jno. 3.9. Σπερμολόγος, ου, ὁ, (σπέρμα & λέγω, to pick) pr. seed-picking; one who picks up and retails scraps of information; a babbler, Ac. 17.18. Σπεύδω, f. σπεύσω, a.1. ἔσπευσα, trans. to urge on, impel, quicken; to quicken in idea, to be eager for the arrival of, 2 Pe. 3.12; intrans. to hasten, make haste, Ac. 20.16; 22.18; the part. has the force of an adverb, quickly, hastily, Lu. 2.16; 19.5, 6. Σπήλαιον, ου, τό, (σπέος) a cave, cavern, den, Mat. 21.13. et al. Σπιλάς, άδος, ἡ, a sharply cleft portion of rock; in N.T., a flaw, stigma, Jude 12. Σπῖλος, & σπίλος, ὁ, a spot, stain, blot; a moral blot, Eph. 5.27. 2 Pe. 2.13; (L.G.) whence Σπιλόω, ῶ, f. ώσω, to spot, soil; to contaminate, defile, Ja. 3.6. Jude 23. L.G. Σπλαγχνίζομαι, f. ίσομαι, a.1. ἐσπλαγχνίσθην, to be moved with pity or compassion, Mat. 9.36; 14.14; 20.34. Lu. 7.13, et al.; to compassionate, Mat. 18.27: (N.T.) from Σπλάγχνον, ου, τό, but usually, and in N.T. only in pl. τὰ σπλάγχνα, ων, the chief intestines, viscera; the entrails, bowels, Ac. 1.18; met. the heart, the affections of the heart, the tender affections, Lu. 1.78. 2 Co. 6.12. Phi. 1.8, et al.; meton. a cherished one, dear as one's self, Phile. 12. Σπόγγος, ου, ὁ, a sponge, Mat. 27.48. Mar. 15.36. Jno. 19.29. Σποδός, οῦ, ἡ, ashes, Mat. 11.21, et al. Σπορά, ᾶς, ἡ, (σπείρω) a sowing; seed sown; met. generative seed, generation, 1 Pe. 1.23. Σπόρῐμος, ου, ὁ, ἡ, (fr. same) sown, fit to be sown; in N.T., τὰ σπόριμα, fields which are sown, fields of grain, corn fields, Mat. 12.1. Mar. 2.23. Lu. 6.1. Σπόρος, ου, ὁ, (fr. same) a sowing; in N.T., seed, that which is sown, Mar. 4.26, 27. Lu. 8.5, 11; met. the seed sown in almsgiving, 2 Co. 9.10. Σπουδάζω, (σπουδή) f. άσω, & άσομαι, p. ἐσπούδακα, a.1. ἐσπούδασα, to hasten; to be in earnest about, be bent upon, Ga. 2.10; to endeavour earnestly, strive, Ep. 4.3, et al. Σπουδαῖος, α, ον, (fr. same) earnest, eager, forward, 2 Co. 8.17, 22; compart. neut. σπουδαιοτέρον, as an adv. earnestly, sedulously, 2 Ti. 1.17: whence Σπουδαίως, adv. earnestly, eagerly, diligently, Lu. 7.4. Tit. 3.13; compar. σπουδαιοτέρως, more earnestly, Phi.