Strong G2246ἥλιος
sun
- Transliteration
- hēlios
- Pronunciation
- hay'-lee-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From ἕλη helē (a ray; perhaps akin to the alternate of G138); the sun; by implication light: - + east sun.
Detailed definition
ἥλιος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶשׁ;]
the sun: with art. (El., § 46, 5), Mat.5:45 13:43 17:2 24:29, Mrk.1:32 4:6 13:24 16:2, Luk.4:40, Act.2:20" (LXX) Act.26:13, Eph.4:26, Jas.1:11, Rev.1:16 6:12 8:12 9:2 10:1 12:1 16:8 19:17 21:23; βλέπειν τὸν ἥ., Act.13:11; οὐδὲ μὴ πέσῃ ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ὁ ἥ., Rev.7:16; without art., Mat.13:6, Luk.21:25 23:45, Act.27:20, 1Co.15:41, Rev.7:2 16:12 22:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶשׁ;]
the sun: with art. (El., § 46, 5), Mat.5:45 13:43 17:2 24:29, Mrk.1:32 4:6 13:24 16:2, Luk.4:40, Act.2:20" (LXX) Act.26:13, Eph.4:26, Jas.1:11, Rev.1:16 6:12 8:12 9:2 10:1 12:1 16:8 19:17 21:23; βλέπειν τὸν ἥ., Act.13:11; οὐδὲ μὴ πέσῃ ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ὁ ἥ., Rev.7:16; without art., Mat.13:6, Luk.21:25 23:45, Act.27:20, 1Co.15:41, Rev.7:2 16:12 22:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2246 appears in 32 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sun30
First verses
- Matthew 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Matthew 13:6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
- Matthew 13:43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
- Mark 1:32And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
- Mark 4:6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
- Mark 13:24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
- Mark 16:2And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
- Luke 4:40Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
- Luke 21:25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
- Luke 23:45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- Acts 2:20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
- Acts 13:11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
- Acts 26:13At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
- Acts 27:20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
- 1 Corinthians 15:41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
- Ephesians 4:26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- James 1:11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
- Revelation 1:16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἥλιος, ὁ,
Epic dialect ἠέλιος, as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] (except in the late passage [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.271) and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τροφῆς” 42)]: Doric dialect ἀέλιος [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.144, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 92, “Lav.Pall.” 89, and Lyric poetry in Trag., 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 809, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 175, +others)], but ἅλιος [ᾱ], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 96, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 395 (ᾰέλιος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 835))]: Cretan dialect ἀβέλιος (i.e. ἀϝ-), [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: Aeolic dialect ἀέλιος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 79(= “Oxy.” 1787 “fragment” 1.25), “Supp.” 25.7)]; ἄλιος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 69 (assuming variant): 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)] ἀέλιος (or ἁ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).4.12 (Tegea, 4th c.BC))]:— sun, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.421, etc.)]; ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο to see the light of life, live, [Refs (18.61)], etc.; ὑπ᾽ ἠελίῳ τε καὶ οὐρανῷ ἀστερόεντι ναιετάουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4.44; γυνὴ.. ἀρίστη τῶν ὑφ᾽ ἡλίῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 151; οὐκέτ᾽ ἔστιν ὑφ᾽ ἁλίῳ [prev. work] 395)]; also ὑπὸ ἡλίου ἑωρᾶσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.102; οἱ ὑπὸ τοῦτον τὸν ἥλιον ἄνθρωποι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.270; τριῶν τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥ. μεγίστων ἡγεμονιῶν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 30: proverbial, οὐδ᾽ ὁ ἥ. εἴσεται 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.21)]; ὥσπερ σελήνη γ᾽ ἡλίῳ (i.e. ὅμοιος) a pale reflection, [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 5.15D.)]
2 to determine the cardinal points, πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε towards the [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“East”, opposed to πρὸς ζόφον: εἴτ᾽ ἐπὶ δεξί᾽ ἴωσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε, εἴτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ τοί γε ποτὶ ζόφον ἠερόεντα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.239, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.26; ὅσοι ναίουσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε, ἠδ᾽ ὅσσοι μετόπισθε ποτὶ ζόφον 13.240)]; πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάς, opposed to πρὸς ἑσπέρην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.58; τὰ πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα [prev. author] 4.40)]; οἱ ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων Αἰθίοπες the eastern.. , [Refs ([prev. author] 7.70.)]
3 day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 424)]; a day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.37, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τροφῆς” 42, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 652 (_plural_), Ps.- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 4,26, etc.)]; later, year, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 10.1.)]
4 sunshine, sun's heat, ἐπὶ τοῖς ὄρεσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116e; ἥ. πολύς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 35, compare “Herm.” 25)]; πολὺντὸν ἥ. ἐμφαίνειν, of a sunburnt person, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ind.” 3, compare “Rh.Pr.” 9)]: plural, sunbeams, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 22, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 16.17)]; hot sunny days, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.87.)]
5 metaphorically, sunshine, brightness, ψυχῆς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.994e, compare 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.36, etc.)]; of a person, Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον Ἀέλιον [Refs (“IG” 14.1188)]; of [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus VI, “UPZ” 15.33)]; νέος Ἥ., of Nero and Caligula, [Refs (“SIG” 814.34, 798.3.)]
II as proper name, Helios, the sun-god, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.271, etc.)]; νὴ τὸν Ἥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 108)]; ὑπὸ Δία Γῆν Ἥλιον, in manumission-formula, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 48.6, 49.8 (1st c.AD), “IG” 9(1).412 (from Aetolia), “IPE” 2.54.10(3rd c.AD))]; [Ἥλιος] δούλους ἐλευθέρους ποιεῖ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.36)]; identified with Apollo, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Carmina Popularia” 12, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 781.11; with Dionysus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 31.11, etc.)]
II.2 Ἡλίου ἀστήρ, of the planet [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Saturn”, variant in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 987c, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.30, 2nd c.AD: Theon Smyrnaeus Philosophus p.130H. (I.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] sāwelios, cf. Cretan dialect ἀβέλιος, Lithuanian sáulė, Latin sōl.)
Epic dialect ἠέλιος, as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] (except in the late passage [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.271) and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τροφῆς” 42)]: Doric dialect ἀέλιος [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.144, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 92, “Lav.Pall.” 89, and Lyric poetry in Trag., 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 809, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 175, +others)], but ἅλιος [ᾱ], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 96, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 395 (ᾰέλιος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 835))]: Cretan dialect ἀβέλιος (i.e. ἀϝ-), [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: Aeolic dialect ἀέλιος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 79(= “Oxy.” 1787 “fragment” 1.25), “Supp.” 25.7)]; ἄλιος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 69 (assuming variant): 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)] ἀέλιος (or ἁ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).4.12 (Tegea, 4th c.BC))]:— sun, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.421, etc.)]; ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο to see the light of life, live, [Refs (18.61)], etc.; ὑπ᾽ ἠελίῳ τε καὶ οὐρανῷ ἀστερόεντι ναιετάουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4.44; γυνὴ.. ἀρίστη τῶν ὑφ᾽ ἡλίῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 151; οὐκέτ᾽ ἔστιν ὑφ᾽ ἁλίῳ [prev. work] 395)]; also ὑπὸ ἡλίου ἑωρᾶσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.102; οἱ ὑπὸ τοῦτον τὸν ἥλιον ἄνθρωποι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.270; τριῶν τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥ. μεγίστων ἡγεμονιῶν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 30: proverbial, οὐδ᾽ ὁ ἥ. εἴσεται 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.21)]; ὥσπερ σελήνη γ᾽ ἡλίῳ (i.e. ὅμοιος) a pale reflection, [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 5.15D.)]
2 to determine the cardinal points, πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε towards the [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“East”, opposed to πρὸς ζόφον: εἴτ᾽ ἐπὶ δεξί᾽ ἴωσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε, εἴτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ τοί γε ποτὶ ζόφον ἠερόεντα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.239, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.26; ὅσοι ναίουσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε, ἠδ᾽ ὅσσοι μετόπισθε ποτὶ ζόφον 13.240)]; πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάς, opposed to πρὸς ἑσπέρην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.58; τὰ πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα [prev. author] 4.40)]; οἱ ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων Αἰθίοπες the eastern.. , [Refs ([prev. author] 7.70.)]
3 day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 424)]; a day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.37, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τροφῆς” 42, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 652 (_plural_), Ps.- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 4,26, etc.)]; later, year, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 10.1.)]
4 sunshine, sun's heat, ἐπὶ τοῖς ὄρεσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116e; ἥ. πολύς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 35, compare “Herm.” 25)]; πολὺντὸν ἥ. ἐμφαίνειν, of a sunburnt person, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ind.” 3, compare “Rh.Pr.” 9)]: plural, sunbeams, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 22, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 16.17)]; hot sunny days, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.87.)]
5 metaphorically, sunshine, brightness, ψυχῆς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.994e, compare 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.36, etc.)]; of a person, Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον Ἀέλιον [Refs (“IG” 14.1188)]; of [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus VI, “UPZ” 15.33)]; νέος Ἥ., of Nero and Caligula, [Refs (“SIG” 814.34, 798.3.)]
II as proper name, Helios, the sun-god, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.271, etc.)]; νὴ τὸν Ἥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 108)]; ὑπὸ Δία Γῆν Ἥλιον, in manumission-formula, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 48.6, 49.8 (1st c.AD), “IG” 9(1).412 (from Aetolia), “IPE” 2.54.10(3rd c.AD))]; [Ἥλιος] δούλους ἐλευθέρους ποιεῖ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.36)]; identified with Apollo, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Carmina Popularia” 12, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 781.11; with Dionysus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 31.11, etc.)]
II.2 Ἡλίου ἀστήρ, of the planet [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Saturn”, variant in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 987c, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.30, 2nd c.AD: Theon Smyrnaeus Philosophus p.130H. (I.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] sāwelios, cf. Cretan dialect ἀβέλιος, Lithuanian sáulė, Latin sōl.)