Strong G4454πῶλος
colt
- Transliteration
- pōlos
- Pronunciation
- po'-los
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; a foal or filly that is (specifically) a young ass: - colt.
Detailed definition
πῶλος, -ου, ὁ
(in cl. also ) [in LXX chiefly for עַיִר;]
a foal, colt, prop., of a horse, then the young of other animals; in NT of the colt of an ass: Mat.21:2, 5" (LXX), Mat.21:7, Mrk.11:2, 4-5 11:7, Luk.19:30, 33 19:35, Jhn.12:15" (LXX).†
(AS)
(in cl. also ) [in LXX chiefly for עַיִר;]
a foal, colt, prop., of a horse, then the young of other animals; in NT of the colt of an ass: Mat.21:2, 5" (LXX), Mat.21:7, Mrk.11:2, 4-5 11:7, Luk.19:30, 33 19:35, Jhn.12:15" (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4454 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- colt11
First verses
- Matthew 21:2Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
- Matthew 21:5Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
- Matthew 21:7And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
- Mark 11:2And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
- Mark 11:4And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
- Mark 11:5And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
- Mark 11:7And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.
- Luke 19:30Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
- Luke 19:33And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
- Luke 19:35And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
- John 12:15Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
πῶλος, ὁ
and ἡ, foal, whether colt or filly, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.222 (_feminine_), 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.246 (_masculine_); ἵππους.. πάσας θηλείας, πολλῇσι δὲ πῶλοι ὑπῆσαν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.681; ἐδάμασσε πώλους 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.8)]; νεοζυγὴς π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1010)]; κριθῶντα π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1641)]; ὁ ἔτι ἀδάμαστος π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.1)]; ἵπποι π., opposed to ἵπποι τέλειοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).12.18 (Ambryssus, 3rd c.AD): frequently used by Poets generally for ἵππος, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 326, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 313, 1062 (Lyric poetry), “El.” 705f: in races, πώλων ἀβόλων ἅρμα “IG” 22.2326.11; πώλοις τε ἀβόλοις καὶ τελείων τε καὶ ἀβόλων τοῖς μέσοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834c: _metaphorically_, π. Κύπριδος, of courtesans, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 84.2.)]
2 any young animal: of the elephant, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 610a33; camel, [prev. work] 630b34)]; κάμηλος π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 768.2 (2nd c.AD))]; of the dog, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.238 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus))]; ass, [NT (NT.Mark.11.2)]; ὄνοι π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLille” 8.9 (3rd c.BC))]; pullet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 5.6; πῶλοι βουβαλίδων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.47.)]
3 in Poets, in feminine, young girl, maiden, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 75.1, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 142 (_anapaest meter_); πῶλον ἄζυγα λέκτρων [prev. author] “Hipp.” 546 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 781.21 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 87, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 9; κακῆς γυναικὸς πῶλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 621)]: less frequently masculine, young man, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 386 (_anapaest meter_), “Ph.” 947; ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον.. ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν πημάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 794 (Lyric poetry).)]
II a Corinthian coin, from the figure of Pegasus upon it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 675, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.76.)]
III ἱερὸς π. Ἴσιδος, title of priest in Egypt, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 739.8 (2nd c.BC), “PGrenf.” 2.20.5 (2nd c.BC), “PRein.” 10.5, +others (2nd c.BC))]; π. alone, of a priest of Demeter and Persephone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1444 (Messene, 4th-3rd c.BC).)]
and ἡ, foal, whether colt or filly, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.222 (_feminine_), 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.246 (_masculine_); ἵππους.. πάσας θηλείας, πολλῇσι δὲ πῶλοι ὑπῆσαν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.681; ἐδάμασσε πώλους 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.8)]; νεοζυγὴς π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1010)]; κριθῶντα π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1641)]; ὁ ἔτι ἀδάμαστος π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.1)]; ἵπποι π., opposed to ἵπποι τέλειοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).12.18 (Ambryssus, 3rd c.AD): frequently used by Poets generally for ἵππος, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 326, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 313, 1062 (Lyric poetry), “El.” 705f: in races, πώλων ἀβόλων ἅρμα “IG” 22.2326.11; πώλοις τε ἀβόλοις καὶ τελείων τε καὶ ἀβόλων τοῖς μέσοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 834c: _metaphorically_, π. Κύπριδος, of courtesans, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 84.2.)]
2 any young animal: of the elephant, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 610a33; camel, [prev. work] 630b34)]; κάμηλος π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 768.2 (2nd c.AD))]; of the dog, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.238 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus))]; ass, [NT (NT.Mark.11.2)]; ὄνοι π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLille” 8.9 (3rd c.BC))]; pullet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 5.6; πῶλοι βουβαλίδων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.47.)]
3 in Poets, in feminine, young girl, maiden, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 75.1, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 142 (_anapaest meter_); πῶλον ἄζυγα λέκτρων [prev. author] “Hipp.” 546 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 781.21 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 87, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 9; κακῆς γυναικὸς πῶλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 621)]: less frequently masculine, young man, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 386 (_anapaest meter_), “Ph.” 947; ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον.. ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν πημάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 794 (Lyric poetry).)]
II a Corinthian coin, from the figure of Pegasus upon it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 675, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.76.)]
III ἱερὸς π. Ἴσιδος, title of priest in Egypt, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 739.8 (2nd c.BC), “PGrenf.” 2.20.5 (2nd c.BC), “PRein.” 10.5, +others (2nd c.BC))]; π. alone, of a priest of Demeter and Persephone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1444 (Messene, 4th-3rd c.BC).)]