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Lexicon :: Strong's G2861 - kolymbēthra

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κολυμβήθρα
Transliteration
kolymbēthra (Key)
Pronunciation
kol-oom-bay'-thrah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

κολυμβήθρα kolymbḗthra, kol-oom-bay'-thrah; from G2860; a diving-place, i.e. pond for bathing (or swimming):—pool.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2861 in the following manner: pool (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2861 in the following manner: pool (5x).

  1. a place for diving, a swimming hole, a reservoir or pool for bathing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κολυμβήθρα kolymbḗthra, kol-oom-bay'-thrah; from G2860; a diving-place, i.e. pond for bathing (or swimming):—pool.
STRONGS G2861:
κολυμβήθρα, κολυμβήθρας, ἡ (κολυμβάω), a place for diving, a swimming-pool (A. V. simply pool): John 9:7, and Rec. in 11; a reservoir or pool used for bathing, John 5:2, 4 ((according to text of R L), 7). (Plato, rep. 5, p. 453 d.; Diodorus, Joseph, others; the Sept., 2 Kings 18:17; Nehemiah 2:14; Nahum 2:8.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
18:17
Nehemiah
2:14
Nahum
2:8
John
5:2; 5:4; 9:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2861 matches the Greek κολυμβήθρα (kolymbēthra),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 -

Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a heavy military force to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the [fn]fuller’s field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:14 - Then I passed on to the Spring Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no place for [fn]my animal to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 -

Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Spring Gate. He built it, covered it and made its doors stand with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at the king’s garden as far as the steps that descend from the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:16 - After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, official of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as the artificial pool and the house of the mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made for myself pools of water from which to water a forest of growing trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 -

Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son [fn]Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, to the highway of the [fn]fuller’s field,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:9 -

And you saw that the breaches

In the wall of the city of David were many;

And you collected the waters of the lower pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11 -

And you made a reservoir between the two walls

For the waters of the old pool.

But you did not look to Him who made it,

Nor did you see Him who formed it long ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a heavy military force. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway of the [fn]fuller’s field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:8 -

Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,

Now they are fleeing;

“Stand! Stand!”

But no one [fn]turns back.

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