Quick Definition
a colt, young ass
Strong's Definition
a "foal" or "filly", i.e. (specially), a young ass
Derivation: apparently a primary word;
KJV Usage: colt
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πῶλος, πωλου, ὁ (in classical Greek ἡ also) (Latinpullus, O. H. G. folo, English foal; perhaps allied with παῖς; cf. Curtius, § 387);
1. a colt, the young of the horse: so very often from Homer down.
2. universally, a young creature: Aelian v. h. 4, 9; specifically, of the young of various animals; in the N. T. of a young ass, an ass's colt: Mat_21:2; Mat_21:5; Mat_21:7; Mar_11:2,(3 L marginal reading),4,5,7; Luk_19:30; Luk_19:33; Luk_19:35; Joh_12:15 (also in Geoponica); the Sept. several times for ςΗιΔψ; for ιΗςΒμΘδ a female ibex, Pro_5:19.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πῶλος pōlos 12x
a youngling; a foal or colt, Mat_21:2 ; Mat_21:5 ; Mat_21:7 ; Mar_11:2 colt.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πῶλος , -ου , ὁ
(in cl . also ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5895 ;]
a foal, colt, prop ., of a horse, then the young of other animals; in NT of the colt of an ass: Mat_21:2 ; Mat_21:5 ( LXX ), Mat_21:7 , Mar_11:2 ; Mar_11:4-5 ; Mar_11:7 , Luk_19:30 ; Luk_19:33 ; Luk_19:35 , Joh_12:15 ( LXX ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πῶλος [page 561]
For πῶλος = foal, colt, of an ass, as in the NT, cf. P Lille I. 8 .9 (iii/B.C.) ὄνους θηλείας β̄ καὶ πώλους β̄ . In P Oxy IX. 1222 .1 (iv/A.D.) the writer instructs his son δὸς τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ἀμ <μ >ωνιανῷ τὸν πῶλον εἵνα ἐνεχθῇ μοι , give your brother Ammonianus the colt that it may be brought to me.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πῶλος πῶλος, ὁ, ἡ, "a foal, young horse", whether "colt or filly", Hom. : in Poets generally for ἵππος, Soph. , etc. "a young animal, a puppy", Anth. in Poets, in fem., "a young girl, maiden", like δάμαλις, μόσχος, πόρτις, Lat. juvenca, Eur. :—more rarely masc., "a young man", Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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) .†
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