χολή
cholḗ
“"gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
"gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
the bile, gall; in NT a bitter ingredient, as wormwood, Mt. 27:34; χολὴ πικρίας, intense bitterness, met. thorough disaffection to divine truth, utter estrangement, Acts 8:23*
Translated in KJV as
gall
Etymology
feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue);
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