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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2861 - κολυμβήθρα

Transliteration

kolymbḗthra

Phonetics

kol-oom-bay'-thrah

Origin

from (G2860)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a place for diving, a swimming hole, a reservoir or pool for bathing

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1295 ‑ בְּרֵכָה (ber‑ay‑kaw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

John 2

BSB (3)

John 3

CSB (3)

John 3

ESV (3)

John 3

KJV (5)

John 5

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

John 4

N95 (4)

John 4

NAS (4)

John 4

NLT (3)

John 4

WEB (5)

John 5

YLT (3)

John 3

ASV (2)

the pool 2

BSB (3)

a pool 1

pool 2

CSB (3)

pool 1

the pool 2

ESV (3)

pool 3

KJV (5)

pool 5

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

pool 4

N95 (4)

pool 4

NAS (4)

pool 4

NLT (3)

pool 3

WEB (5)

a pool 1

the pool 4

YLT (3)

[gate] a pool 1

pool 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 2

ANT

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 2

N-NSF 2

BGB

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

BMT

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 2

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-ASF 2

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

STV

N-ASF 2

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

N-ASF 2

N-NSF 1

TRG

N-ASF 2

N-NSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κολυμβ-ήθρα, ἡ,

I place for diving, swimming-bath, Pl. R. 453d, D.S. 11.25; κ. μύρου Alex. 300.

II wine-vat, tun, D.S. 13.83.

III reservoir, cistern, LXX 4 Ki. 18.17. baptismal font, POxy. 147 (vi A.D.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κολυμβήθρα, κολυμβήθρας, ἡ (κολυμβάω), a place for diving, a swimming-pool (A. V. simply pool): John 9:7, and Rec. in 11; a reservoir or pool used for bathing, John 5:2, 4 ((according to text of R L), 7). (Plato, rep. 5, p. 453 d.; Diodorus, Joseph, others; the Sept., 2 Kings 18:17; Nehemiah 2:14; Nahum 2:8.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κολυμβήθρα , -ας , ἡ

(< κολνμβάω ),

[in LXX for H1295, 2 Kings 18:27, al.;]

a swimming pool, pool: John 5:2; John 5:4; John 5:7; John 9:7.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the later ecclesiastical usage of κ., ";font,"; see P Oxy I. 147.2 (A.D. 556), cited s.v. κῆπος sub fin.

List of Word Forms

κολυμβηθρα κολυμβήθρα κολυμβήθρᾳ κολυμβηθραν κολυμβήθραν κολυμβήθρας kolumbethra kolumbēthra kolumbethran kolumbēthran kolymbethra kolymbēthra kolymbḗthra kolymbḗthrāi kolymbethran kolymbēthran kolymbḗthran