Colt

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Πῶλος (Strong'S #4454 — Noun Masculine — polos — po'-los )

"a foal," whether "colt or filly," had the general significance of "a young creature;" in  Matthew 21:2 , and parallel passages, "an ass's colt."

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (n.) A young, foolish fellow.

(2): (n.) A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.

(3): (n.) The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; - sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal.

(4): (v. t.) To befool.

(5): (v. t.) To horse; to get with young.

(6): (v. i.) To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Genesis 49:11 (b) This picture is presented to teach us that GOD's people, especially young Christians, are to be bound to the Lord and to His words. The vine represents the Lord. They are bound to the vine so they will be well nourished and become fruitful.

 Mark 11:2 (c) This type represents a young Christian who is loosed from the world and its evil habits in order to be the servants of the Lord Jesus to take Him wherever He wants to go.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 32:15 Genesis 49:11 Judges 10:4 Judges 12:14 Zechariah 9:9  Matthew 21:1 Mark 11:1 Luke 19:1 John 12:15

King James Dictionary

COLT, n.

1. The young of the equine genus of animals or horse kind. In America, colt is equally applied to the male or female, and this is unquestionable correct. The male is called a house-colt, and the female is called a filly. 2. A young foolish fellow a person without experience or stability.

COLT, To frisk, riot or frolic, like a colt to be licentious.

COLT, To befool.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

COLT is applied in the Bible not to the young horse, but to the young ass, and once (  Genesis 32:15 ) to the young camel. Outside the Bible it is not applied to the young of any animal but the horse.

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

COLT. —See Animals, p. 63a, and Entry into Jerusalem.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(prop. Per, עִיִר , a young ass,  Judges 10:4;  Judges 13:14;  Job 11:12;  Zechariah 9:9; Πῶλος ,  Matthew 21:2, etc.), spoken of the young of the horse, ass, or camel. (See Foal).