Pool
κολυμβήθραStrong’s G2861kolumbēthra
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kolumbēthra is the Greek word usually translated “pool”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.”
Meaning
Usually translated “pool”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- pool 4
- a pool 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 5
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 5:4For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
- John 5:7The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
- John 9:7And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
- John 9:11He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
Greek dictionary
κολυμβήθρα kolumbēthra · pool
κολυμβήθρα, -ας, ἡ (κολνμβάω), [in LXX for בְּרֵכָה, 4Ki.18:27, al. ;] a swimming pool, pool: Jhn.5:2, 4 5:7 9:7.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pool” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
POOL, noun
[Latin palus; Gr. probably from setting, standing, like Latin stagnum, or from issuing, as a spring.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.