Polos means “colt” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4454 — malaq (“wring off”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4454 πῶλος (polos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. polos (po`-los) n. 1. a "foal" or "filly" 2. (specially), a young ass It has 17 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include colt, ass, foal, and ass's. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
polos (po`-los) n. 1. a "foal" or "filly" 2. (specially), a young ass [apparently a primary word] KJV: colt
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colt
Usage: πῶλος, -ου, ὁ (in cl. also ) [in LXX chiefly for עַיִר ;] a foal, colt, prop., of a horse, then the young of other animals; in NT of the colt of an ass: Mat.21:2, 5" (LXX), Mat.21:7, Mrk.11:2, 4-5 11:7, Luk.19:30, 33 19:35, Jhn.12:15" (LXX) .† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render polos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G4454 (πῶλος) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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11 indexed usages in New Testament.
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.
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.
And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
Binding his foal to the vine, And the foal of his ass to the branch of it, He shall wash his robe in wine, And his garment in the blood of the grape.
And he had thirty-two sons riding on thirty-two colts, and they had thirty-two cities; and they called them Jair’s towns until this day in the land of Gilead.
First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4454.
milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
Binding his foal to the vine, And the foal of his ass to the branch of it, He shall wash his robe in wine, And his garment in the blood of the grape.
And he had thirty-two sons riding on thirty-two colts, and they had thirty-two cities; and they called them Jair’s towns until this day in the land of Gilead.
And he had forty sons, and thirty grandsons, that rode upon seventy colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, And let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; For ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; proclaim it aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, the King is coming to thee, just, and a Savior; he is meek and riding on an ass, and a young foal.
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.
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.
And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
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 they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.
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.
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4454, grouped by book.
Polos (Strong's G4454) is a Greek word most simply glossed "colt". polos (po`-los) n. 1. a "foal" or "filly" 2. (specially), a young ass
This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's G4454 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4454 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as colt, ass, foal, and ass's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4454, with linked reader references where each row is available.