Strong's G5521 · Greek

χολή

chole · khol-ay'

feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue); "gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χολή (G5521)

2 χολή , -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for רֹאשׁ , לַעֲנָה , מְרֵרָה ;] gall : Mt 27:34 (here prob. = myrrh , cf. Mk 15:23 , v. Swete, in l.; DCG , i, 634 a ); metaph., Ac 8:23 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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