What does χολή (cholḗ) mean in the Bible?
χολή (cholḗ): Bitter poison symbolizing spiritual corruption or the deepest enmity against God; gall of bitterness
Greek · G5521
χολή
Gall
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χολήG5521
Pronunciationcholḗ
What does χολή (cholḗ) mean in the Bible?
χολή (cholḗ): Bitter poison symbolizing spiritual corruption or the deepest enmity against God; gall of bitterness
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How does the BSB render G5521?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include gall (1), poisoned (1).
Where does χολή (cholḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:34. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Matthew (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 Itgall1×Matthew 27:34
poisoned1×Acts 8:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 27:34
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Acts1
Source forms
χολὴν1xcholēnActs 8:23
χολῆς1xcholēsMatthew 27:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xActs 8:23
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xMatthew 27:34
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Bitter poison symbolizing spiritual corruption or the deepest enmity against God; gall of bitterness
Strong'sG5521
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkMatthew 27:34Source Gloss
gall
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:34Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
χολῆςcolhv
gall, bitter herbs
Read verseActs 8:23Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
χολὴνcolhn
gall, bitter herbs
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineMatt 27:341×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 8:231×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Bitter substance offered to Jesus at crucifixion, possibly myrrh
Metaphorical reference to bitterness and bondage to sin
Word Origins
χολή is built from this root:
ΧλόηG5514
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