Σιλωάμ G4611
Siloam; pool in Jerusalem where Jesus sent the blind man to wash
Siloam was a pool in Jerusalem, fed by the Gihon spring through Hezekiah's tunnel. The name means 'sent' in Hebrew. It appears in Luke as the site of a tragic accident and in John as the place where Jesus sent the blind man to wash and receive sight. The location carries both historical and theological significance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Identifies the pool of Siloam in Jerusalem. Luke 13:4 refers to a tragedy: 'those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them.' John 9:7 records Jesus' instruction to the blind man: 'Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is translated Sent).' John 9:11 repeats the account: 'he said to me, Go to Siloam and wash.' The consistent cross-linguistic identification shows this is a specific, theologically loaded location. John's parenthetical translation ('Sent') connects the pool's name to Jesus being sent by the Father—the man born blind receives sight at a place whose very name proclaims Jesus' mission. 3×
AR["سِلوام", "سِلْوَامَ"]·ben["শিলোহে", "শীলোহে"]·DE["Siloam", "Σιλωὰμ"]·EN["Siloam", "Silōam"]·FR["Siloé"]·heb["שִׁילוֹחַ", "שִׁלֹחַ"]·HI["शिलोह", "शीलोह"]·ID["Siloam"]·IT["siloam"]·jav["Siloam", "Siloam,"]·KO["실로암에", "실로암에서", "실로암의"]·PT["Siloé"]·RU["Силоам,", "Силоаме", "Силоаму"]·ES["Silōám"]·SW["Siloâm", "Silōam"]·TR["Siloam'a", "Siloam'da", "Siloam'ın"]·urd["سلوام"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Σιλωάμ (indecl., but in FlJ, genitive, ᾶ, B.J., ii, 16, 2), ὁ (Heb. שִׁלֹחַ), Siloam (see DB, iii, 515 f.): Luk.13:4, Jhn.9:7, 11.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)