ΣΧΟΛΗ, σχολη
SCHOLĒ, scholē
Sounds Like: skho-LEE
Translations: leisure, a leisure, idleness, a rest, a school, a lecture, a discussion
From the root: ΣΧΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to leisure, idleness, or a period of rest from work. It can also denote a place where leisure is spent, such as a school or a place for philosophical discussion or lectures. In ancient Greek culture, 'leisure' (σχολή) was often associated with intellectual pursuits and learning, rather than mere inactivity.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4976 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 19:9
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 10:53
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 7:32
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 19:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΧΟΛΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΚΟΛΑΣΕΩΣ — (of) leisure, (of) rest, (of) a school, (of) a discussion, (of) a lecture, (of) a philosophical school
- ΣΧΟΛΑΙΤΕΡΟΝ — more slowly, more leisurely, more deliberately, more idly
- ΣΧΟΛΑΣΤΙΚΟΣ — scholarly, learned, leisurely, devoted to study, a scholar
- ΣΧΟΛΗΝ — leisure, a leisure, rest, a rest, idleness, an idleness, delay, a delay, school, a school
- ΣΧΟΛΗΣ — of leisure, of rest, of ease, of time, of opportunity, a leisure, an opportunity
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.