Quick Definition
a casting, throw
Strong's Definition
a throw (as a measure of distance)
Derivation: from G906 (βάλλω);
KJV Usage: cast
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βολή, βολης, ἡ (βάλλω), a throw: ὡσεί λίθου βολήν about a stone's throw, as far as a stone can be cast by the hand, Luk_22:41 (ὡσεί τόξου βολήν, Gen_21:16; μέχρι λίθου καί ἀκοντιου βολης, Thucydides 5, 65; ἐξ ἀκοντιου βολης, Xenophon, Hell. 4, 5, 15).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βολή bolē 1x
a cast, a throw; the distance to which a thing can be thrown, Luk_22:41
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βολή , -ῆς , ἡ
( < βάλλω ),
[in LXX : Gen_21:16 ( H2909 ), 2Ma_5:3 , 3Ma_5:26 * ;]
a throw; λίθου β . ( Thuc ., v, 65, 2),
a stone's throw: Luk_22:41 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
βολή [Etym: βάλλω] "a throw, the stroke or wound" of a missile, opp. to πληγή (stroke of sword or pike), Od. , Eur. , Thuc. : βολαῖς σφόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν by its "stroke or touch", Aesch. metaph., like βέλος, "a glance" from the eyes, Od. βολαὶ κεραύνιοι thunder- "bolts", Aesch. ; βολαὶ ἡλίου sun- "beams", Soph. ; βολὴ χιόνος "a" snow- "shower", Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
βολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(βάλλω), [in LXX: Gen.21:16 (טחה), 2Ma.5:3, 3Ma.5:26 * ;]
a throw; λίθου β. (Thuc., v, 65, 2), a stone's throw: Luk.22:41.†
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