κολυμβήθρα
kolymbēthra · pool
Greek word · Strong’s number G2861 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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kolymbēthra (κολυμβήθρα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “pool”.
A large basin of water one can go into.
How to say it
ko·lym·bē·thra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A large basin of water one can step into.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- John 5:2
Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool, the one called in Hebrew Bethesda, which has five colonnades.
- John 5:7
The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am coming, another goes down before me.”
- John 9:7
and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went away and washed and came back seeing.