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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 the Tartan,[fn] the Rabsaris,[fn] and the Rabshakeh[fn] from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:14 - Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, leader of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down 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, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the tombs[fn] of David, to the man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made myself water pools from which to water the growing trees of the grove.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub[fn] your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:9 - You also saw the damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11 - You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - Then the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh[fn] with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:8 - Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water,
Now they flee away.
“Halt! Halt!” they cry;
But no one turns back.
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