| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidae); a colt; a filly. 2. (v. t.) To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass. 3. (v.i.) To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia COLT; FOAL kolt (`ayir, ben; polos, huios, with some word such as hupozugiou, understood; huios alone = "son"): The English words "colt" and "foal" are used in the Bible of the ass everywhere except in Genesis 32:15, where the word "colt" is used of the camel in the list of animals destined by Jacob as presents for Esau. In most cases `ayir (compare Arabic `air, "ass") means "ass's colt," but it may be joined with ben, "son," as in Zechariah 9:9, where we have: `al-chamor we`al-`ayir ben-'athonoth, literally, "on an epi onon kai epi polon huion hupozugiou", "upon an ass, and upon a colt ass, and on an ass's colt, the son of the she-asses"; compare Matthew 21:5 epi onon kai epi polon huion hupozugiou, "upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass." In John 12:15 we have epi polon onou, and in the previous verse the diminutive, onarion. The commonest New Testament word for "colt" is polos, akin to which is German Fohle and English "foal" and "filly." The Latin pullus signifies either "foal" or "chicken," and in the latter sense gives rise to French poulet and English "pullet."
In view of the fact that horses are but little mehtioned in the Bible, and that only in connection with royal equipages and armies, it is not surprising that "colt" does not occur in its ordinary English sense.
Alfred Ely Day FOAL fol.
See COLT. |  | Multi-Version Concordance Foal (10 Occurrences) Matthew 21:2 saying to them, "Go to the village you see facing you, and as you enter it you will find a she-ass tied up and a foal with her. Untie her and bring them to me. (WEY) Matthew 21:5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Matthew 21:7 they brought the she-ass and the foal, and threw their outer garments on them. So He sat on them; (WEY) Mark 11:2 "Go," He said, "to the village facing you, and immediately on entering it you will find an ass's foal tied up which no one has ever yet ridden: untie him and bring him here. (WEY) Mark 11:5 when some of the bystanders called out, "What are you doing, untying the foal?" (WEY) Mark 11:7 So they brought the foal to Jesus, and threw their outer garments over him; and Jesus mounted. (WEY) Luke 19:30 saying to them, "Go into the village facing you. On entering it you will find an ass's foal tied up which no one has ever yet ridden: untie it, and bring it here. (WEY) Genesis 49:11 Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Job 11:12 Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born like the foal of a wild ass. (DBY NAS) Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) |
