χολή, ἡ,
gall, bile, Archil. 131, A. Ch. 184, E. Fr. 682, Th. 2.49, etc.; χ. μέλαινα black, i. e. diseased, bile, Hp. Aph. 4.23, Pl. Ti. 83c (but, = μελαγχολία, Men. Epit. 459); ξανθὴ χ. Hp. VM 19; πυρρά Gal. 15.658; χολὴν ἐμεῖν, βῆξαι, Nicopho 12, Herod. 3.70 (prob. l.): prov., πικρῷ πικρὰν κλύζουσι φαρμάκῳ χολήν S. Fr. 854; πικρότερ’ αὐτῆς τῆς χ. Alex. 16.12; χολῇ ἀλείφειν, prov. of giving one a disgust for a thing, from the custom of mothers putting gall to the nipple when the child was to be weaned, Diph. 74.
2. pl. χολαί, gall-bladder, S. Ant. 1010; called δοχαὶ χολῆς, E. El. 828; also in sg., A. Pr. 495; χολὴν τῶν ζῴων τὰ μὲν ἔχει τὰ δ’ οὐκ ἔχει Arist. HA 506a20, cf. PA 677b11.
3. metaph. (mostly in Poets) like χόλος (q. v.), bile, gall, i. e. bitter anger, wrath, Ar. Pax 66; ἢ γυναιξὶν οὐκ οἴει χολὴν ἐνεῖναι; Id. Lys. 465; οὐδεὶς χολὴν οὐδ’ ὀργὴν ἔχων φανήσεται D. 25.27; πάνυ ἐστ’ ἤδη χ. stirs my bile, makes me sick, Ar. Ra. 4; ἐπιζεῖ χ. the bile boils over, Id. Th. 468; χολὴν κινεῖν Id. V. 403, cf. Pherecr. 69.
II ink of the cuttle-fish, Nic. Al. 473, Th. 561.
III in LXX = Hebr. rôsh, a poisonous plant, variously called hemlock or poppy, [Psa 69:22](68).22, [Jer 8:14]. serpent’s venom, χ. ἀσπίδος ib. [Job 20:14]; of the hydra’s venom, Apollod. 2.5.2, D.S. 4.11. bitter drink, [Mat 27:34]. (With χολή, χόλος, cf. Lat. fel, ONorse gall, etc., ’bile, gall’: - prob. the name is derived from the colour of bile, and is cogn. with Lat. (h) olus, helvus, Germ. gelb ’yellow’, perh. also χλόη.)
G5521 — χολή
χολῆς, ἡ (equivalent to χόλος, from χέω to pour out (now thought to be connected with χλόη, χλωρός, etc. 'yellowish green'; cf. Curtius, § 200; Vanicek, p. 247)), first found in Archilochus (8th century B.C.), afterward in Aeschylus and following.
1. bile, gall: [Mat 27:34] (cf. the Sept. [Psa 68:22]) (cf. B. D., under the word Gall); [Act 8:23] (on which see πικρία); for מְרֵרָה, [Job 16:13].
2. in the O. T. it is also used of other bitter things; for לַעֲנָה, wormwood, [Pro 5:4]; [Lam 3:15]; hence, some understand the word in [Mat 27:34] to mean myrrh, on account of [Mar 15:23]; but see σμυρνίζω, 2; (B. D. as above).
χολή , - ῆς , ἡ ,
[in LXX for H7218, H3939, H4845;]
gall: [Mat 27:34] (here prob. = myrrh, cf. [Mar 15:23], v. Swete , in l ; DCG, i, 634); metaph ., [Act 8:23]. †