Strong’s G5521 · Greek
χολή
cholḗ · khol-ay'
Origin feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue);
Meaning "gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)
In the King James Version gall.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 27:34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
- Acts 8:23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.