Quick Definition
χολάω v. I am angry with
Strong's Definition
from 5521; to be bilious, i.e. (by implication) irritable (enraged, "choleric")
KJV Usage: be angry
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | χολή
88.171 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Anger, Be Indignant With
to be very angry, to be full of anger to have a strong feeling of displeasure and antagonism as the result of some real or supposed wrong In a number of languages expressions for ‘anger’ are highly idiomatic, for example, ‘his abdomen burned against,’ ‘to be bitter toward,’ or ‘to become red against.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χολάω, -@; (χολή, q-V-) 5 1. to be atrabilious; to be mad (Arstph. nub. 833). 2. to be angry, enraged, (for χολοῦμαι;, more com. in the earlier Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down) : τινί, Jn. vii. 23 (3 Mace. iii. 1; Artem., Nicand., Mosch., Diog. Laért., al.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χολάω cholaō 1x
pr. to be melancholy; used later as an equivalent to χολοῦμαι, to be angry, incensed, Jn. 7:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** χολάω, -ῶ
(< χολή), [in LXX: III Mac 3:1 R * ;]
to be melancholy mad (Aristoph.).
= χολοῦμαι, to be angry: c. dat. pers., Jo 7:23.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χολάω (cholaō) — be angry. χολ-άω, (χολή) to be full of black bile, to be melancholy mad, ἀνδράσιν πείθει χολῶσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. ={χολόομαι}, to be angry, rage, [LXX+4th c.BC+]; Epic dialect participle χολόων [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
