Strong’s G5521 · Greek

χολή
cholḗ

Definition

"gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)

Etymology

feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue);

How the KJV renders it

  • gall

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.