noun · feminine
bolas
Greekβολή (bolē)
Strong’sG1000
a casting, throw
stem bol-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
βολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< βάλλω), [in LXX: Ge 21:16 (טחה), II Mac 5:3, III Mac 5:26 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1000 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbol-ay'
a throw (as a measure of distance)
Fromfrom G906;
King Jamescast.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | bolas | bolais |
| object accusative | bolan1×βολήν | bolain |
| direct address vocative | bolar | bolair |
| of, belonging to genitive | bolau | bolaiu |
| to, for dative | bola | bolai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
bola is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
bolan“throw”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 22:41“throw”kai autos apospita apo autoiu hōsei lithou bolan, kai titharatos teim gonueim proseucheteAnd He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,