Original Word: χολή
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: cholé
Pronunciation: kho-LAY
Phonetic Spelling: (khol-ay')
KJV: gall
NASB: gall
Word Origin: [feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as G5514 (Χλόη - Chloe's) (from the greenish hue)]

1. "gall" or bile
2. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)

gall.

Feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as Chloe (from the greenish hue); "gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.) -- gall.

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
gall (a bitter herb)
NASB Translation
gall (2).

STRONGS NT 5521: χολή

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 ()) (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).

Forms and Transliterations

χολή χολην χολήν χολὴν χολης χολής χολῆς χόλω χονδριτών cholen cholēn cholḕn choles cholês cholēs cholē̂s

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