Lexical Summary pōlos: a foal Original Word: πῶλοςTransliteration: pōlos Phonetic Spelling: (po'-los) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a foal Meaning: a foal Strong's Concordance colt. Apparently a primary word; a "foal" or "filly", i.e. (specially), a young ass -- colt. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4454: πῶλοςπῶλος, πωλου, ὁ (in classical Greek ἡ also) (Latinpullus, O. H. G. folo, English foal; perhaps allied with παῖς; cf. Curtius, § 387); 1. a colt, the young of the horse: so very often from Homer down. 2. universally, a young creature: Aelian v. h. 4, 9; specifically, of the young of various animals; in the N. T. of a young ass, an ass's colt: Matthew 21:2, 5, 7; Mark 11:2,(3 L marginal reading),4,5,7; Luke 19:30, 33, 35; John 12:15 (also in Geoponica); the Sept. several times for עַיִר; for יַעֲלָה a female ibex, Proverbs 5:19. |
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