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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 5 times in 5 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:2 - Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[fn] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:7 - “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:11 - He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
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