Strong G5521χολή
gall
- Transliteration
- cholē
- Pronunciation
- khol-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as G5514 (from the greenish hue); gall or bile that is (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood poppy etc.): - gall.
Detailed definition
χολή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX for רֹאשׁ, לַעֲנָה, מְרֵרָה;]
gall: Mat.27:34 (here prob. = myrrh, cf. Mrk.15:23, see Swete, in l; DCG, i, 634); metaphorically, Act.8:23.†
(AS)
[in LXX for רֹאשׁ, לַעֲנָה, מְרֵרָה;]
gall: Mat.27:34 (here prob. = myrrh, cf. Mrk.15:23, see Swete, in l; DCG, i, 634); metaphorically, Act.8:23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5521 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gall2
First verses
- Matthew 27:34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
- Acts 8:23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
χολή, ἡ,
gall, bile, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 131, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 184, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 682, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, etc.)]; χ. μέλαινα black, i. e. diseased, bile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 83c)] (but, ={μελαγχολία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 459); ξανθὴ χ. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19; πυρρά 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.658)]; χολὴν ἐμεῖν, βῆξαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Nicopho Comicus 12, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.70 (probable reading): proverbial, πικρῷ πικρὰν κλύζουσι φαρμάκῳ χολήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 854; πικρότερ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς χ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 16.12)]; χολῇ ἀλείφειν, proverbial of giving one a disgust for a thing, from the custom of mothers putting gall to the nipple when the child was to be weaned, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 74.)]
2 plural χολαί, gall-bladder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1010)]; called δοχαὶ χολῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 828)]; also in singular, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 495; χολὴν τῶν ζῴων τὰ μὲν ἔχει τὰ δ᾽ οὐκ ἔχει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 506a20, compare “PA” 677b11.)]
3 metaphorically (mostly in Poets) like{χόλος} (which see), bile, gall, i. e. bitter anger, wrath, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 66; ἢ γυναιξὶν οὐκ οἴει χολὴν ἐνεῖνα; [prev. author] “Lys.” 465; οὐδεὶς χολὴν οὐδ᾽ ὀργὴν ἔχων φανήσεται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.27)]; πάνυ ἐστ᾽ ἤδη χ. stirs my bile, makes me sick, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 4)]; ἐπιζεῖ χ. the bile boils over, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 468; χολὴν κινεῖν [prev. author] “V.” 403, compare 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 69.)]
II ink of the cuttle-fish, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 473, “Th.” 561.)]
III in LXX = Hebrew rôsh, a poisonous plant, variously called hemlock or poppy, [LXX (LXX.Psa.68(69).22, LXX.Jer. 8.14.)]
IV serpent's venom, χ. ἀσπίδος[LXX (LXX.Job.20.14)]; of the hydra's venom, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.5.2, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.11.)]
V bitter drink, [NT (NT.Matt.27.34. (With χολή, χόλος,)] cf. Latin fel, ONorse gall, etc., 'bile, gall':—probably the name is derived from the colour of bile, and is cognate with Latin (h) olus, helvus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (\{1st c.BC-1st c.AD\}: Germanicus Caesar Epigrammaticus)] gelb 'yellow', perhaps also χλόη.)
gall, bile, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 131, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 184, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 682, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, etc.)]; χ. μέλαινα black, i. e. diseased, bile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 83c)] (but, ={μελαγχολία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 459); ξανθὴ χ. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19; πυρρά 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.658)]; χολὴν ἐμεῖν, βῆξαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Nicopho Comicus 12, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.70 (probable reading): proverbial, πικρῷ πικρὰν κλύζουσι φαρμάκῳ χολήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 854; πικρότερ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς χ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 16.12)]; χολῇ ἀλείφειν, proverbial of giving one a disgust for a thing, from the custom of mothers putting gall to the nipple when the child was to be weaned, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 74.)]
2 plural χολαί, gall-bladder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1010)]; called δοχαὶ χολῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 828)]; also in singular, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 495; χολὴν τῶν ζῴων τὰ μὲν ἔχει τὰ δ᾽ οὐκ ἔχει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 506a20, compare “PA” 677b11.)]
3 metaphorically (mostly in Poets) like{χόλος} (which see), bile, gall, i. e. bitter anger, wrath, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 66; ἢ γυναιξὶν οὐκ οἴει χολὴν ἐνεῖνα; [prev. author] “Lys.” 465; οὐδεὶς χολὴν οὐδ᾽ ὀργὴν ἔχων φανήσεται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.27)]; πάνυ ἐστ᾽ ἤδη χ. stirs my bile, makes me sick, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 4)]; ἐπιζεῖ χ. the bile boils over, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 468; χολὴν κινεῖν [prev. author] “V.” 403, compare 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 69.)]
II ink of the cuttle-fish, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 473, “Th.” 561.)]
III in LXX = Hebrew rôsh, a poisonous plant, variously called hemlock or poppy, [LXX (LXX.Psa.68(69).22, LXX.Jer. 8.14.)]
IV serpent's venom, χ. ἀσπίδος[LXX (LXX.Job.20.14)]; of the hydra's venom, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.5.2, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.11.)]
V bitter drink, [NT (NT.Matt.27.34. (With χολή, χόλος,)] cf. Latin fel, ONorse gall, etc., 'bile, gall':—probably the name is derived from the colour of bile, and is cognate with Latin (h) olus, helvus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (\{1st c.BC-1st c.AD\}: Germanicus Caesar Epigrammaticus)] gelb 'yellow', perhaps also χλόη.)