Lexical Summary bolē: a throw Original Word: βολήTransliteration: bolē Phonetic Spelling: (bol-ay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a throw Meaning: a throw Strong's Concordance cast. From ballo; a throw (as a measure of distance) -- cast. see GREEK ballo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1000: βολήβολή, βολης, ἡ (βάλλω), a throw: ὡσεί λίθου βολήν about a stone's throw, as far as a stone can be cast by the hand, Luke 22:41 (ὡσεί τόξου βολήν, Genesis 21:16; μέχρι λίθου καί ἀκοντιου βολης, Thucydides 5, 65; ἐξ ἀκοντιου βολης, Xenophon, Hell. 4, 5, 15). |