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G4454 πῶλος (pōlos)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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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) .† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (11)

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