2001 Translation

CHOLŌ, cholō

Sounds Like: kho-LOH

Translations: (to) bile, (to) gall, (to) anger, (to) wrath, (to) bitterness

From the root: ΧΟΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is a noun referring literally to 'bile' or 'gall', a bitter fluid produced by the liver. Metaphorically, it is used to denote intense anger, wrath, or bitterness. It describes a strong, often negative, emotional state. In the provided examples, it is used in the dative case, indicating the object to which something is directed or the means by which something occurs, often translated with 'to' or 'by/with'.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5519 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Ecclesiastes — 5:16

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 3 Maccabees — 5:1, 5:30
• Ecclesiastes — 5:16

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΟΛΗ.

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.

• ΧΟΛΗ — gall, bile, bitterness, a gall, a bile, a bitterness
• ΧΟΛΗΝ — gall, bile, poison, a gall, a bile, a poison
• ΧΟΛΗΣ — of gall, of bile, of bitterness, of poison
• ΧΟΛΟΥ — of gall, of bile, of bitterness, of anger
• ΧΟΛ‾Η‾ — gall, bile, bitterness, poison

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