κολυμβήθραkolymbḗthra
a diving-place, i.e. pond for bathing (or swimming)
Greek (New Testament) · G2861
Meanings
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- John 5:2 Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.
- John 5:7 “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”
- John 9:7 He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the man went and washed and came back seeing!
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.