GreekG5521Noun (Feminine)
χολή
cholē
“gall”
2Occurrences
G5521Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
"gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)
feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
gall: (here prob. = myrrh, cf., see Swete, in l; DCG, i, 634); metaphorically.
LXX: for רֹאשׁ, לַעֲנָה, מְרֵרָה
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
G:N-F
Full Description
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
χολή appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Acts
1
Matthew
1
Key Passages
Acts 8:23BSB
For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
Matthew 27:34BSB
they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
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