Strong's Concordance 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. Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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 ( 1. bile, gall: Matthew 27:34 (cf. the Sept. Psalm 68:22 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). 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. Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 55212 Occurrences χολὴν — 1 Occ. χολῆς — 1 Occ. Matthew 27:34 N-GFS GRK: οἶνον μετὰ χολῆς μεμιγμένον καὶ NAS: mixed with gall; and after tasting KJV: with gall: and INT: wine with gall mingled and Acts 8:23 N-AFS |