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G5520 χολάω (choláō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I am angry with

Strong's Definition

to be bilious, i.e. (by implication) irritable (enraged, "choleric")

Derivation: from G5521 (χολή);

KJV Usage: be angry

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χολάω, χόλῳ; (χολή, which see); 1. to be atrabilious; to be mad (Aristophanes nub. 833). 2. to be angry, enraged (for χολοῦμαι, more common in the earlier Greek writings from Homer down): τίνι, Joh_7:23 (3Ma_3:1; Artemidorus Daldianus, Nicander, Mosch., Diogenes Laërt, others).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

χολάω cholaō 1x pr. to be melancholy; used later as an equivalent to χολοῦμαι , to be angry, ince nsed, Joh_7:23

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** χολάω , -ῶ ( < χολή ), [in LXX : 3Ma_3:1 R * ;] 1. to be melancholy mad ( Aristoph .). 2. = χολοῦμαι , to be angry: c. dat. pers ., Joh_7:23 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

χολάω [page 689] χολάω , am angry with c. dat. pers. Joh. 7:23. For χολόω see Preisigke 4531, an inscr. stating that the defilement of a sacred spot ἕξει τὸν Σέραπιν κεχολωμένον . In Menander Ἐπιτρέπ . 176 χολάω occurs in its original sense am mad

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

χολάω χολάω, [Etym: χολή] "to be full of black bile, to be melancholy mad", Ar. = χολόομαι, "to be angry", Mosch. ; so in Pass., Theogn.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

χολάω, -ῶ (χολή), [in LXX: 3Ma.3:1 R * ;] __1. to be melancholy mad (Aristoph.). __2. = χολοῦμαι, to be angry: with dative of person(s), Jhn.7:23.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

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