Strong's Lexicon
G5520
G5520 — χολάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5520 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χολάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G5521 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | cholao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khol-ah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be bilious 2. (by implication) irritable (enraged, "choleric") |
| KJV Renderings: | be angry |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χολάω, χόλῳ; (χολή, which see);
1. to be atrabilious; to be mad (Aristophanes nub. 833).
2. to be angry, enraged (for χολοῦμαι, more common in the earlier Greek writings from Homer down): τίνι, Joh 7:23 (3Ma 3:1; Artemidorus Daldianus, Nicander, Mosch., Diogenes Laërt, others).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χολάω (be angry)
John 7:23
- KJV: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision that the law of Moses should not be broken are ye angry at me because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day
- GK: ει περιτομήν λαμβάνει άνθρωπος εν σαββάτω ίνα μη λυθή ο νόμος Μωσέως εμοί χολάτε ότι όλον άνθρωπον υγιή εποίησα εν σαββάτω