Pōlos πῶλος

Pōlos (Greek πῶλος, Strong's G4454) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “colt”. It occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Pōlos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 21:2
  Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.
• Matthew 21:5
  Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
• Matthew 21:7
  And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

Mark

• Mark 11:2
  And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
• Mark 11:4
  And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,
• Mark 11:5
  And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?and some who were standing there asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”
• Mark 11:7
  And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.Then they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it.

Luke

• Luke 19:30
  Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
• Luke 19:33
  And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”
• Luke 19:35
  And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.

John

• John 12:15
  Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).