Lexicon cholé: gall (a bitter herb) Original Word: χολή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: cholé Phonetic Spelling: (khol-ay') Short Definition: gall, bitter herbs Definition: gall, bitter herbs. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitiongall (a bitter herb) NASB Translationgall (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5521: χολήχολή, 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).
Strong's 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. |
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