Strong's Greek · G5520

G5520 choláō

χολάω

khol-ah'-o

be angry

Looking for Hebrew H5520 çôk? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G5520. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

choláō appears once in Scripture, in John 7:23. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to be bilious, i.e. (by implication) irritable (enraged, "choleric")

In the King James Version

be angry

Derivation

from G5521 (χολή);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

John 7:23

“If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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