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Koine Greek wordlink #20564

SR GNT Mat 27:34 χολῆς (ⱪolaʸs) ‘to drink wine with gall having_been mixed and having tasted it’ Strongs=55210 Lemma=χolē
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form χολῆς (N-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘χολῆς’ (N-GFS) is always and only glossed as ‘gall’.

Mat 27:34 ‘to drink wine with gall having_been mixed and having tasted it’ SR GNT Mat 27:34 word 8

OET-LV: 34 they _gave wine having _been _mixed with gall to _him to _drink, and having _tasted it, he_ not _willed to _drink it. (MAT_27:34)

OET-RV: 34 they gave Yeshua some wine mixed with something bitter, but when he tasted it, he didn’t want to drink any. (MAT 27:34)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘χolē’ have 2 different glosses: ‘the gall’, ‘gall’.

Greek words (1) other than χολῆς (N-GFS) with a gloss related to ‘gall’

ACTs 8:23 χολήν (ⱪolaʸn) N-AFS ‘in for the gall of bitterness and the bond’ SR GNT Acts 8:23 word 4

OET-LV: 23 For/Because I _am _seeing you being in the_gall of _bitterness and the_bond of _unrighteousness. (ACT_8:23)

OET-RV: 23 because I perceive that you have a bitter attitude and ungodly habits. (ACT 8:23)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular