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Lexicon :: Strong's G5521 - cholē

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χολή
Transliteration
cholē (Key)
Pronunciation
khol-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as Χλόη (G5514) (from the greenish hue)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
10x in 5 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

χολή cholḗ, khol-ay'; feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue); "gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.):—gall.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G5521 in the following manner: gall (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G5521 in the following manner: gall (2x).

  1. bile, gall

  2. in the OT used of other bitter things

    1. wormwood

    2. possibly myrrh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χολή cholḗ, khol-ay'; feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue); "gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.):—gall.
STRONGS G5521:
χολή, χολῆς, ἡ (equivalent to χόλος, from χέω to pour out (now thought to be connected with χλόη, χλωρός, etc. 'yellowish green'; cf. Curtius, § 200; Vanicek, p. 247)), first found in Archilochus (8th century B.C.), afterward in Aeschylus and following.
1. bile, gall: Matthew 27:34 (cf. the Sept. Psalm 68:22 (Ps. 69:21)) (cf. B. D., under the word Gall); Acts 8:23 (on which see πικρία); for מְרֵרָה, Job 16:13.
2. in the O. T. it is also used of other bitter things; for לַעֲנָה, wormwood, Proverbs 5:4; Lamentations 3:15; hence, some understand the word in Matthew 27:34 to mean myrrh, on account of Mark 15:23; but see σμυρνίζω, 2; (B. D. as above).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
27:34; 27:34
Acts
8:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5521 matches the Greek χολή (cholē),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:18

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“Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

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For their vine is from the vine of Sodom

and from the fields of Gomorrah.

Their grapes are poisonous;

their clusters are bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 -

his archers[fn] surround me.

He pierces my kidneys without mercy

and pours my bile on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:14

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yet the food in his stomach turns

into cobras’ venom inside him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:21

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Instead, they gave me gall for my food,

and for my thirst

they gave me vinegar to drink.

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in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood

and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

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Why are we just sitting here?

Gather together; let’s enter the fortified cities

and perish there,[fn]

for the LORD our God has destroyed[fn] us.

He has given us poisoned water to drink,

because we have sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:15

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Therefore, this is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to feed this people wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:15

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He filled me with bitterness,

satiated me with wormwood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19 -

Remember[fn] my affliction and my homelessness,

the wormwood and the poison.

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