noun · neuter
kōlem
Greekκῶλον (kōlon)
Strong’sG2966
a limb, bodies
stem kōl-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κῶλον, -ου, τό,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2966 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidko'-lon
a limb of the body (as if lopped)
Fromfrom the base of G2849;
King Jamescarcase.
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 or object direct | kōlem | kōleim1×κῶλα |
| of, belonging to genitive | kōleu | kōleiu |
| to, for dative | kōle | kōlei |
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
kōle 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
kōleim“bodies”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Hebrews 3:17“bodies”tinoi de prosochthizata tesserakonta eteim? ouchi toi hamartaratoi, hoiu teim kōleim piptata en ta erēma?And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?