Gall
χολήStrong’s G5521cholē
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Cholē is the Greek word usually translated “gall”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.”
Meaning
Usually translated “gall”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- gall 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Acts 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
χολή cholē · gall
χολή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for רֹאשׁ, לַעֲנָה, מְרֵרָה ;] gall: Mat.27:34 (here prob. = myrrh, cf. Mrk.15:23, see Swete, in l; DCG, i, 634); metaphorically, Act.8:23.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gall” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GALL, noun
[Gr. probably from its color.]
- In the animal economy, the bile, a bitter, a yellowish green fluid, secreted in the glandular substance of the liver.
- Any thing extremely bitter.
- Rancor; malignity.
- Anger; bitterness of mind.
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.