πῶλος pōlos

Greek word for “colt” · Strong’s G4454 · used 12 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

πῶλος, -ου, ὁ; (in cl.

How it is translated

Glosses given for pōlos in context, with how often each is used:

• colt 10
• colt? 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 11 (4), Matthew 21 (3), Luke 19 (3), John 12 (1)

Forms

• πῶλον 12

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pōlos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• λύω luō “to loose” 6
• ὄνος onos “donkey” 4
• δέω deō “to bind” 4
• κατέναντι katenanti “before” 3
• ἄγω agō “to bring” 4
• κώμη kōmē “village” 3
• καθίζω kathizō “to seat” 3
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 4
• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 3
• Σιών Siōn “Zion” 2
• εἰσπορεύω eisporeuō “to enter” 2
• θυγάτηρ thugatēr “daughter” 2

Key verses

The verses using pōlos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 21:2 — Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
• Matthew 21:5 — Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
• Matthew 21:7 — And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
• Mark 11:2 — And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat;…
• Mark 11:4 — And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
• Mark 11:5 — And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
• Mark 11:7 — And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.
• Luke 19:30 — Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him…
• Luke 19:33 — And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
• Luke 19:35 — And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
• John 12:15 — Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.