Strong G956βέλος
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- Transliteration
- belos
- Pronunciation
- bel'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G906; a missile that is spear or arrow: - dart.
Detailed definition
βέλος, -εος, τό
(βάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵץ;]
a missile, a dart: Eph.6:16.†
(AS)
(βάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵץ;]
a missile, a dart: Eph.6:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G956 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dart1
First verses
- Ephesians 6:16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
βέλος, εος, τό,
missile, especially arrow, dart, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]; of the piece of rock hurled by the Cyclops, τόντονδε βαλὼν β. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.495)]; of an ox's leg thrown by one of the suitors at Ulysses, [Refs (20.305)]; of a stool, [Refs (17.464)]; ὑπὲκ βελέων out of the reach of darts, out of shot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.465; ἐκ βελέων 11.163; ἔξω βελῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.69, etc.; ἔξω βέλους 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.27.1, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 4)]; opposed to ἐντὸς βέλους, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.6, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.5; εἴσω β. παρελθεῖν [prev. work] 1.6.8.)]
2 used of any weapon, as a sword, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 345, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 658)]; an axe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1159)]; the sting of a scorpion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 169)]; of the gad-fly, [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 556.)]
3 ἀγανὰ βέλεα of Apollo, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.759, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.280, and of Artemis,[prev. work] 5.124)], denote sudden, easy death of men and women respectively; βέλος ὀξύ, of Ilithyia, pangs of childbirth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.269, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.29.)]
4 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] of anything swift-darting, Διὸς βέλη the bolts of Zeus, lightnings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.8, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79, etc.; Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον β. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 360; πύρπνουν β. [prev. work] 917)]; βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης, of a storm,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 373; πάγων δύσομβρα β. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 358: _metaphorically_, ὀμμάτων β.)] glance of the eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 742)]; φίλοικτον β. a piteous glance, [Refs ([prev. work] 241 (Lyric poetry))]; ἱμέρου β. the shaft of love, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 649; θυμοῦ βέλη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 893 (assuming variant))]; of arguments, πᾶν τετόξευται β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 679, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 23b)]; β. τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος, of invective, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 51.8)]; of mental anguish or fear, ἄτλατον β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.48 (variant{δέος}) ὁ φθόνος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἑοῖς βελέεσσι δαμάζει “Anthologia Graeca” 10.111.)]
5 engine of war, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 82.8)]: plural, artillery, [Refs ([prev. work] 97.10. (Cf. βάλλω, Lith.)]gélti 'sting', gēla\ 'sharp pain', OHG.quelan 'feel sharp pain'. Root g[uglide]el- 'pierce', compare δέλλιθες.)
missile, especially arrow, dart, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]; of the piece of rock hurled by the Cyclops, τόντονδε βαλὼν β. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.495)]; of an ox's leg thrown by one of the suitors at Ulysses, [Refs (20.305)]; of a stool, [Refs (17.464)]; ὑπὲκ βελέων out of the reach of darts, out of shot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.465; ἐκ βελέων 11.163; ἔξω βελῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.69, etc.; ἔξω βέλους 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.27.1, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 4)]; opposed to ἐντὸς βέλους, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.6, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.5; εἴσω β. παρελθεῖν [prev. work] 1.6.8.)]
2 used of any weapon, as a sword, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 345, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 658)]; an axe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1159)]; the sting of a scorpion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 169)]; of the gad-fly, [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 556.)]
3 ἀγανὰ βέλεα of Apollo, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.759, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.280, and of Artemis,[prev. work] 5.124)], denote sudden, easy death of men and women respectively; βέλος ὀξύ, of Ilithyia, pangs of childbirth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.269, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.29.)]
4 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] of anything swift-darting, Διὸς βέλη the bolts of Zeus, lightnings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.8, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79, etc.; Ζηνὸς ἄγρυπνον β. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 360; πύρπνουν β. [prev. work] 917)]; βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης, of a storm,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 373; πάγων δύσομβρα β. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 358: _metaphorically_, ὀμμάτων β.)] glance of the eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 742)]; φίλοικτον β. a piteous glance, [Refs ([prev. work] 241 (Lyric poetry))]; ἱμέρου β. the shaft of love, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 649; θυμοῦ βέλη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 893 (assuming variant))]; of arguments, πᾶν τετόξευται β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 679, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 23b)]; β. τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος, of invective, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 51.8)]; of mental anguish or fear, ἄτλατον β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.48 (variant{δέος}) ὁ φθόνος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἑοῖς βελέεσσι δαμάζει “Anthologia Graeca” 10.111.)]
5 engine of war, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 82.8)]: plural, artillery, [Refs ([prev. work] 97.10. (Cf. βάλλω, Lith.)]gélti 'sting', gēla\ 'sharp pain', OHG.quelan 'feel sharp pain'. Root g[uglide]el- 'pierce', compare δέλλιθες.)