noun · feminine
kolumbēthras
Greekκολυμβήθρα (kolumbēthra)
Strong’sG2861
a pool, swimming-place
stem kolumbēthr-3 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κολυμβήθρα, -ας, ἡ
(< κολυμβάω), [in LXX for בְּרֵכָה, IV Ki 18:27, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2861 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkol-oom-bay'-thrah
a diving-place, i.e. pond for bathing (or swimming)
Fromfrom G2860;
King Jamespool.
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 | kolumbēthras1×κολυμβήθρα | kolumbēthrais |
| object accusative | kolumbēthran2×κολυμβήθραν | kolumbēthrain |
| direct address vocative | kolumbēthrar | kolumbēthrair |
| of, belonging to genitive | kolumbēthrau | kolumbēthraiu |
| to, for dative | kolumbēthra | kolumbēthrai |
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
kolumbēthra 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
kolumbēthras“pool”subjectnominative singular1×
John 5:2“pool”atō de en tei Hierosolumei epi ta probatika kolumbēthras tas epilegirōtas Hebraisti Bēthesda, pente stoain echarōtas;Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
kolumbēthran“pool”objectaccusative singular2×
John 5:7“pool”apokrinita auto tos asthenarōtos; Kurior, anthrōpon ouk echamō hina hotan tarassiteia tem hudōrem ballateia min eis tan kolumbēthran; en ho de erchemō mis allos pro mu katabainatō.“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”
John 9:7“pool”kai legata auto; Hupagasōr niptesar eis tan kolumbēthran tou Silōam hem hermēneuitō Apostelirētos. aperchata oun kai nipteta, kai erchata bleparōtos.Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.