Quick Definition
χολή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. gall, bitter herbs
Strong's Definition
feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue); "gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)
KJV Usage: gall
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | χολάω
8.75 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Physiological Products of the Body
gall the bitter yellowish liquid secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder It is possible, however, that in MAT 27:34 the reference is not specifically to gall but to a substance with an especially unpleasant taste.
88.166 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Envy, Jealousy
Collocation: εἰς χολὴν πικρίας εἰμί
to be very jealous, to be terribly envious, to be bitterly envious (an idiom, literally: to be in the gall of bitterness) to be particularly envious or resentful of someone
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χολή, -ῆς, ἡ, (i: ᾳ. χόλος, fr. χέω to pour out [now thought to be connected witl. χλόη, χλωρός, ete. ‘ yellowish green’; cf. Curtius ὃ 200; Vanicek p. 247)), first found in Archilochus (8th cent. B. C.), afterwards in Aeschyl. et sqq- 1. bile, gall: Mt. xxvii. 34 (ef. Sept. Ps. Lxviii. (Ixix.) 22) [ef. B. D.s.v. Gall]; Acts viii. 23 (on which see πικρία) ; for 177, Job xvi. 13. 2. in the O. T. it is also used of other bitter things; for τ) p9, wormwood, Prov. v. 4; Lam. iii. 15; hence some understand the word in Mt. xxvii. 34 to mean myrrh, on account of Mk. xv. 23; but see σμυρνίζω, 2; [B. D.u.s.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χολή cholē 2x
the bile, gall; in NT a bitter ingredient, as wormwood, Mt. 27:34; χολὴ πικρίας, intense bitterness, met. thorough disaffection to divine truth, utter estrangement, Acts 8:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χολή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX for רֹאשׁ, לַעֲנָה, מְרֵרָה ;]
gall: Mt 27:34 (here prob. = myrrh, cf. Mk 15:23, v. Swete, in l.; DCG, i, 634a); metaph., Ac 8:23.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χολή. For “χολή; ‘‘gall,” ‘bile,’ as in Mt 23", cf. PSI III. 2114 (v/A.D.) τὸν τῆς [[σ]]χολῆς νοσήσαντα. See also Ey. Petr. 5 ποτίσατε αὐτὸν χολὴν μετὰ ὄξους, with Swete’s illustrative note. The power of ‘‘gall’’ in medical and magical receipts is discussed by Olsson ad P Osl I. 1784 (iv/A.D.) (p. 104f.). In Herodas III. 70 (ed. Headlam) δότω τις és τὴν χεῖρα πρὶν χολῇ βῆξαι, the editor translates “put it into my hand before I choke with choler’’: (see the note p. 150). 700s. See χοῦς.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χολή (cholē) — gall. χολή, ἡ, gall, bile, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; χ. μέλαινα black, i. e. diseased, bile, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but, ={μελαγχολία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χολὴν ἐμεῖν, βῆξαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χολῇ ἀλείφειν, proverbial of giving one a disgust for a thing, from the custom of mothers putting gall to the nipple when the child was to be weaned, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. plural χολαί, gall-bladder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; called δοχαὶ χολῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in singular, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. metaphorically (mostly in Poets) like{χόλος} (which see), bile, gall, i. e. bitter anger, wrath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάνυ ἐστ᾽ ἤδη χ. stirs my bile, makes me sick, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιζεῖ χ. the bile boils over, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. ink of the cuttle-fish, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III. in LXX = Hebrew rôsh, a poisonous plant, variously called hemlock or poppy, [LXX]
IV. serpent's venom, χ. ἀσπίδος[LXX]; of the hydra's venom, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
V. bitter drink, [NT] cf. Latin fel, ONorse gall, etc., 'bile, gall':—probably the name is derived from the colour of bile, and is cognate with Latin (h) olus, helvus, [Refs 1st c.BC+] gelb 'yellow', perhaps also χλόη.)