Strong's Greek · G5521

G5521 cholḗ

χολή

gall

When cholḗ is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

"gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)

Derivation

feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue);

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Matthew 27:34

they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.

Acts 8:23

For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

When cholḗ is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what cholḗ means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Matthew 27:34 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

How weighing a word works

Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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