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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

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32 -

“For their vine is from the vine of Sodom,

And from the fields of Gomorrah;

Their grapes are grapes of poison,

Their clusters, bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 -

“His arrows surround me.

Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;

He pours out my gall on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 -

Yet his food in his stomach is changed

To the [fn]venom of cobras within him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:21 -

They also gave me [fn]gall [fn]for my food

And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 -

But her end is bitter as wormwood,

Sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 -

Why are we sitting still?

Gather yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities

And let us be silent there

Because Yahweh our God has silenced us

And given us [fn]poisoned water to drink,

For we have sinned against Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15 - therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them [fn]poisoned water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 -

He has saturated me with bitterness;

He has sated me with wormwood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19 -

Zayin

Remember my affliction and my [fn]homelessness, the wormwood and gall.

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