κολυμβήθρα
kolymbḗthra · G2861 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Thing
- PoolBuildings and Structures21 verses
Meanings
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A relatively large construction for collecting water (pool (primarily used for bathing))
ExamplesJohn 5:2 Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porticoes.
John 5:7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
John 9:7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he left and washed, and came back seeing.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ΣιλωάμSiloam 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπιλέγομαιto call 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 4
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- בְּרֵכָה bᵉrêkâh · H1295 · pool
- Hebrew בְּרֵכָה (bᵉrêkâh, H1295) denotes a constructed pool or water reservoir, directly corresponding to Greek κολυμβήθρα (kolymbḗthra, G2861) as its standard translation equivalent for pool structures (e.g. Pool of Bethesda, Pool of Siloam).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Pool (primarily used for bathing)7.58
- κολυμβήθρα names a pool used for bathing or washing. John 9:7 has Jesus telling the blind man, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,” the κολυμβήθραν naming this pool where his sight was restored.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κολυμβήθρας, ἡ (κολυμβάω), a place for diving, a swimming-pool (A. V. simply pool): Jn…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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