Colt
πῶλοςStrong’s G4454pōlos
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pōlos is the Greek word usually translated “colt”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.”
Meaning
Usually translated “colt”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- colt 7
- a colt 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 4
- Matthew 3
- Luke 3
- John 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 21:5Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
- Matthew 21:7And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
- Mark 11:2And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
- Mark 11:4And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
- Mark 11:5And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
- Mark 11:7And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.
Greek dictionary
πῶλος pōlos · colt
πῶλος, -ου, ὁ (in cl. also ) [in LXX chiefly for עַיִר ;] a foal, colt, prop., of a horse, then the young of other animals; in NT of the colt of an ass: Mat.21:2, 5" (LXX), Mat.21:7, Mrk.11:2, 4-5 11:7, Luk.19:30, 33 19:35, Jhn.12:15" (LXX) .† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “colt” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COLT, noun
- The young of the equine genus of animals or horse kind.
- A young foolish fellow; a person without experience or stability.
All definitions and other forms of “colt”
COLT, verb intransitive
To frisk, riot or frolic, like a colt; to be licentious.
COLT, verb transitive
To befool.
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.