G4454: πῶλος (pōlos)

G4454 πῶλος (pōlos)

Greek

Quick Definition

πῶλος, ου, ὁ n.m. a colt, young ass

Strong's Definition

apparently a primary word; a "foal" or "filly", i.e. (specially), a young ass

KJV Usage: colt

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πῶλος (G4454)

noun, m. | -ου

4.33 · Animals · Animals

foal, colt the young of a donkey ὄνος As in the case of ὄνος ‘donkey’ (4.31), a number of languages make a distinction either in form or in terms for the young of a donkey based upon distinctions in sex.

MAT 21:2 · MAT 21:5 · MAT 21:7 · MRK 11:2 · MRK 11:4 · MRK 11:5 · MRK 11:7 · LUK 19:30 · LUK 19:33 · LUK 19:33 · LUK 19:35 · JHN 12:15

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πῶλος, του, ὁ (in class. Grk. ἡ also), [Lat. pullus, O. H. G. folo, Eng. foal; perh. allied with παῖς ; cf. Curtius § 387]; 1. a colt, the young of the horse: so very often fr. Hom. down. 2. univ. α young creature: Ael. v. ἢ. 4, 9; spec. of the young of various animals; in the N. T. of a young ass, an ass’s colt: Mt. xxi. 2,5,7; Mk. xi. 2, [3 Limrg.], 4,5, 7; Lk. xix. 30, 33, 35; Jn. xii. 15, (also in Geopon.); Sept. several times for ‘vy; for τῇ δ a female ibex, Prov. ν. 19.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πῶλος pōlos 12x

a youngling; a foal or colt, Mt. 21:2, 5, 7; Mk. 11:2

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πῶλος, -ου, ὁ

(in cl. also ἡ), [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: Mt 21:2, 5(LXX), 7, Mk 11:2, 4, 5, 7, Lk 19:30, 33, 35, Jo 12:15(LXX).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πῶλος. For πῶλος = ““ foal,” ““ colt,’”’ of an ass, as in the NT, cf. P Lille I. 8° (iii/B.c.) ὄνους θηλείας B καὶ πώλους B. In P Oxy IX. 12221 (iv/a.D.) the writer instructs his son—8és τῷ ἀδελφῷ ᾿Αμῴζμ)ωνιανῷ τὸν πῶλον elva ἐνεχθῇ μοι, “give your brother Ammonianus the colt that it may be brought to me.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πῶλος (pōlos) — colt. πῶλος, ὁ and ἡ, foal, whether colt or filly, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νεοζυγὴς π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κριθῶντα π. [Refs]; ὁ ἔτι ἀδάμαστος π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵπποι π., opposed to ἵπποι τέλειοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. any young animal: of the elephant, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κάμηλος π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the dog, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ass, [NT]; ὄνοι π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; pullet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

3. in Poets, in feminine, young girl, maiden, [Refs 6th c.BC+]: less frequently masculine, young man, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. a Corinthian coin, from the figure of Pegasus upon it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. ἱερὸς π. Ἴσιδος, title of priest in Egypt, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; π. alone, of a priest of Demeter and Persephone, [Refs 4th c.BC+]