What does πῶλος (pōlos) mean in the Bible?
πῶλος (pōlos): Young equine animal; NT specifically denotes an untrained donkey colt, often symbolizing humility or submission.
Greek · G4454
πῶλος
Colt
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πῶλος G4454
Pronunciation pōlos
What does πῶλος (pōlos) mean in the Bible?
πῶλος (pōlos): Young equine animal; NT specifically denotes an untrained donkey colt, often symbolizing humility or submission.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4454?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include colt (5), a colt (3), [her] colt (1), [it] (1), [the] colt (1).
Where does πῶλος (pōlos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (4), Mark (4), Matthew (3), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It colt 5× Matthew 21:7, Mark 11:5, Mark 11:7, Luke 19:33
a colt 3× Matthew 21:5, Mark 11:2, Luke 19:30
[her] colt 1× Matthew 21:2
[it] 1× Luke 19:35
[the] colt 1× Mark 11:4
the colt 1× John 12:15
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 21:2 πῶλον to [her] colt Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Matthew 21:5 πῶλον to a colt Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Matthew 21:7 πῶλον to colt Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 11:2 πῶλον to a colt Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 11:4 πῶλον to [the] colt Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 11:5 πῶλον to colt Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 11:7 πῶλον to colt Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 19:30 πῶλον to a colt Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 19:33 πῶλον to colt Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 19:33 πῶλον to colt Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 21:2
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 4
Matthew 3 Mark 4 Luke 4 John 1
Source forms
πῶλον 12x pōlon Matthew 21:2, Matthew 21:5, Matthew 21:7, Mark 11:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 12x Matthew 21:2, Matthew 21:5, Matthew 21:7, Mark 11:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Young equine animal; NT specifically denotes an untrained donkey colt, often symbolizing humility or submission.
Strong's G4454
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Greek text appearances 12 times Word forms 1 form 12 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 19:28–40 Source Gloss
colt
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Young equine animal; NT specifically denotes an untrained donkey colt, often symbolizing humility or submission.
(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) .
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 21:2 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse Matthew 21:5 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse Matthew 21:7 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον, pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse Mark 11:2 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse Mark 11:4 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse Mark 11:5 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον; pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse Mark 11:7 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse Luke 19:30 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse Luke 19:33 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον, pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse Luke 19:33 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον; pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse Luke 19:35 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον, pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verse John 12:15 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πῶλον pwlon
a colt, young ass
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 12 Case pattern Accusative (12) Number pattern Singular (12)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 21:2 · Matt 21:5 · Matt 21:7 · Mark 11:2 · Mark 11:4 · Mark 11:5 · Mark 11:7 · Luke 19:30 · Luke 19:33 · Luke 19:35 · John 12:15 12×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
colt
Additional Occurrences
Mark 11:1–11 πῶλος pōlos
young donkey, colt
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 12 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πῶλος is a primary word - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
Signals fulfillment of Zechariah’s prophecy. Luke 19:28–40
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain