Strong's Lexicon
G4454 — πῶλος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4454 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πῶλος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary word |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 12 |
| Transliteration: | polos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | po`-los |
| Meaning: | 1. a "foal" or "filly" 2. (specially), a young ass |
| KJV Renderings: | colt |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πῶλος, πωλου, ὁ (in classical Greek ἡ also) (Latinpullus, O. H. G. folo, English foal; perhaps allied with παῖς; cf. Curtius, § 387);
1. a colt, the young of the horse: so very often from Homer down.
2. universally, a young creature: Aelian v. h. 4, 9; specifically, of the young of various animals; in the N. T. of a young ass, an ass’s colt: Mat 21:2; Mat 21:5; Mat 21:7; Mar 11:2,(3 L marginal reading),4,5,7; Luk 19:30; Luk 19:33; Luk 19:35; Joh 12:15 (also in Geoponica); the Sept. several times for òÇéÄø; for éÇòÂìÈä a female ibex, Pro 5:19.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
πῶλος (colt)
Matthew 21:2
- KJV: Saying unto them Go into the village over against you and straightway ye shall find an ass tied and a colt with her loose and bring unto me
- GK: λέγων αυτοίς πορεύθητε εις την κώμην την απέναντι υμών και ευθέως ευρήσετε όνον δεδεμένην και πώλον μετ΄ αυτής λύσαντες αγάγετέ μοι
Matthew 21:5
- KJV: Tell 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
- GK: είπατε τη θυγατρί Σιών ιδού ο βασιλεύς σου έρχεταί σοι πραϋς και επιβεβηκώς επί όνον και πώλον υιόν υποζυγίου
Matthew 21:7
- KJV: And brought the ass and the colt and put on them their clothes and they set thereon
- GK: ήγαγον την όνον και τον πώλον και επέθηκαν επάνω αυτών τα ιμάτια αυτών και επεκάθισεν επάνω αυτών
Mark 11:2
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και λέγει αυτοίς υπάγετε εις την κώμην κατέναντι υμών και ευθέως εισπορευόμενοι εις αυτή ευρήσετε πώλον δεδεμένον εφ΄ ον ουδείς ανθρώπων κεκάθικε λύσαντες αυτόν αγάγετε
Mark 11:4
- KJV: And they went their way and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met and they loose him
- GK: απήλθον δε και εύρον τον πώλον δεδεμένον προς την θύραν έξω επί του αμφόδου και λύουσιν αυτόν
Mark 11:5
- KJV: And certain of them that stood there said unto them What do ye loosing the colt
- GK: και τινες των εκεί εστηκότων έλεγον αυτοίς τι ποιείτε λύοντες τον πώλον
Mark 11:7
- KJV: And they brought the colt to Jesus and cast their garments on him and he sat upon him
- GK: και ήγαγον τον πώλον προς τον Ιησούν και επέβαλον αυτώ τα ιμάτια αυτών και εκάθισεν επ΄ αυτώ
Luke 19:30
- KJV: Saying Go ye into the village over against in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied whereon yet never man sat loose him and bring
- GK: ειπών υπάγετε εις την κατέναντι κώμην εν η εισπορευόμενοι ευρήσετε πώλον δεδεμένον εφ΄ ον ουδείς πώποτε ανθρώπων εκάθισε λύσαντες αυτόν αγάγετε
Luke 19:33
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