Lexical Definition

‎χολή‎ cholḗ (khol-ay') gall ^G:N-F
feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as 5514 (from the greenish hue)

gall.

• "gall" or bile, i.e. (by analogy) poison or an anodyne (wormwood, poppy, etc.)

Abbott-Smith

χολή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for רֹאשׁ, לַעֲנָה, מְרֵרָה ;]
gall: Mt 27:34 (here prob. = myrrh, cf. Mk 15:23, v. Swete, in l.; DCG, i, 634a); metaph., Ac 8:23.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χολή, ἡ,

gall, bile, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; χ. μέλαινα black, i. e. diseased, bile, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but, ={μελαγχολία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χολὴν ἐμεῖν, βῆξαι, [χολήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 854; πικρότερ᾽ αὐτῆς τῆς χ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 16.12 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; χολῇ ἀλείφειν, proverbial of giving one a disgust for a thing, from the custom of mothers putting gall to the nipple when the child was to be weaned, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 plural χολαί, gall-bladder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; called δοχαὶ χολῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in singular, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically (mostly in Poets) like{χόλος} (which see), bile, gall, i. e. bitter anger, wrath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάνυ ἐστ᾽ ἤδη χ. stirs my bile, makes me sick, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιζεῖ χ. the bile boils over, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II ink of the cuttle-fish, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III in LXX = Hebrew rôsh, a poisonous plant, variously called hemlock or poppy, [LXX]
__IV serpent's venom, χ. ἀσπίδος[LXX]; of the hydra's venom, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__V bitter drink, [χολή, χόλος,">NT] cf. Latin fel, ONorse gall, etc., 'bile, gall':—probably the name is derived from the colour of bile, and is cognate with Latin (h) olus, helvus, [Refs 1st c.BC+] gelb 'yellow', perhaps also χλόη.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Ps.68.22* ☩ LXX.Job.20.14 ☩ Matt.27.34}