G4981: σχολή
scholḗ · “lecture hall”
Definition
properly, loitering (as a withholding of oneself from work) or leisure, i.e. (by implication) a "school" (as vacation from physical employment)
KJV translates it as: school
Word origin: probably feminine of a presumed derivative of the alternate of G2192 (ἔχω);
Extended definition
σχολή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Gen.33:14 (κατὰ σ., אַט), Pro.28:19, Sir.38:24 * ;]
1. leisure.
2. Later (from Plato on),
(a) that for which leisure is employed, a disputation, lecture;
(b) the place where lectures are delivered, a school: Act.19:9 (for the later sense of employment, see MM, xxiv).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Gen.33:14 (κατὰ σ., אַט), Pro.28:19, Sir.38:24 * ;]
1. leisure.
2. Later (from Plato on),
(a) that for which leisure is employed, a disputation, lecture;
(b) the place where lectures are delivered, a school: Act.19:9 (for the later sense of employment, see MM, xxiv).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4981 is translated
- lecture hall ×1
Bible verses with G4981 (scholḗ)
Scholḗ appears in 1 verse.
- Acts 19:9
But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.