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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - χολή
χολή
G5521
Transliteration: cholḗ
Pronunciation: khol-ay'
Definition: gall
- Original: χολή - Transliteration: Chole - Phonetic: khol-ay'
- Definition:
1. bile, gall
2. in the OT used of other bitter things
a. wormwood
b. possibly myrrh
- Origin: from an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as G5514" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5514 (from the greenish hue) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as G5514" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5514 (from the greenish hue); gall or bile that is (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood poppy etc.): - gall.