verb
cholamō
Strong’sG5520
I am angry with
stem chol-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** χολάω, -ῶ
(< χολή), [in LXX: III Mac 3:1 R *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5520 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhol-ah'-o
to be bilious, i.e. (by implication) irritable (enraged, "choleric")
Fromfrom G5521;
King Jamesbe angry.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(χολή) to be full of black bile, to be melancholy mad, ἀνδράσιν πείθει χολῶσιν Refs 5th c.BC+
II ={χολόομαι}, to be angry, rage, LXX+4th c.BC+; Epic dialect participle χολόων Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| cholavōχολᾶτε | happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural | angry | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | cholamō | cholame | cholami | cholama | cholamē | cholamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | cholasō | cholase | cholasi | cholasa | cholasē | cholaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | cholatō | cholate | cholati | cholata | cholatē | cholatelē |
| we 1st person plural | cholanō | cholane | cholani | cholana | cholanē | cholanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | cholavō1×χολᾶτε | cholave | cholavi | cholava | cholavē | cholavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | cholalō | cholale | cholali | cholala | cholalē | cholalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | cholameiō | cholameia | cholameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | cholaseiō | cholaseia | cholaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | cholateiō | cholateia | cholateiē |
| we 1st person plural | cholaneiō | cholaneia | cholaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | cholaveiō | cholaveia | cholaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | cholaleiō | cholaleia | cholaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | cholasōr | cholasar | cholasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | cholatōr | cholatar | cholatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | cholavōr | cholavar | cholavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | cholalōr | cholalar | cholalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | cholamoiō | cholamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | cholasoiō | cholasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | cholatoiō | cholatoia |
| we 1st person plural | cholanoiō | cholanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | cholavoiō | cholavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | cholaloiō | cholaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | cholarō | cholari | cholara | cholarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | cholarōntos | cholarintos | cholarantos | cholarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
chol 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
cholavō“angry”happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural1×
John 7:23… mē luiteia tos nomos Mōusou, mi cholavō hoti holon anthrōpon hugion poiama en …… not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole …