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colt

Meaning of “colt”

A young ass.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
15 occurrences14 verses7 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:11

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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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 21:2 · retained source text

Saying vnto them, Goe into the village ouer against you, and straightway yee shall find an Asse tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them vnto 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 21:5 · retained source text

Tell yee the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy king commeth vnto thee, meeke, and sitting vpon an Asse, and a colt, the foale of an Asse.

1611 marginal noteEsai. 62.11. zach. 9.9. iohn 12.15.

Matthew 21:7
And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 21:7 · retained source text

And brought the Asse, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

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The young of the horse or ass kind; in the Authorized Version applied to the young ass.

volume 1, leaf 425, column 2 (main_dictionary)