Word Study · Strong's G4454 · Greek
πῶλος
polos
po'-los
Strong's 1890 spelling: pōlos
“a "foal" or "filly", i.e. (specially), a young ass”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a "foal" or "filly", i.e. (specially), a young ass
Rendered in the KJV as
colt.
- 12occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- πῶλον10
- πῶλον;2
How it is rendered · 3
- a colt5
- colt5
- colt?2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular12
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- N-ASM · 12
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Where this word lives
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Matthew3 occurrences
- Matthew 21:2πῶλονpōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularsaying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.here: a colt
- Matthew 21:5πῶλονpōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singular“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”here: a colt
- Matthew 21:7πῶλονpōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThey brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.here: colt
Mark4 occurrences
- Mark 11:2πῶλονpōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularand said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.here: a colt
- Mark 11:4πῶλονpōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularSo they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,here: colt
- Mark 11:5πῶλον;pōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularand some who were standing there asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”here: colt?
- Mark 11:7πῶλονpōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThen they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it.here: colt
Luke4 occurrences
- Luke 19:30πῶλονpōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularsaying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.here: a colt
- Luke 19:33πῶλονpōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularAs they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”here: colt
- Luke 19:33πῶλον;pōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularAs they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”here: colt?
- Luke 19:35πῶλονpōlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThen they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.here: colt