Strong G2247ἧλος
nail
- Transliteration
- hēlos
- Pronunciation
- hay'-los
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a stud that is spike: - nail.
Detailed definition
ἧλος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Isa.41:7 מַסְמֵר etc.;]
a nail: Jhn.20:25.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.41:7 מַסְמֵר etc.;]
a nail: Jhn.20:25.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2247 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- nail1
First verses
- John 20:25The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἧλος,
Doric dialect ἇλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.1484.62(Epid.), “SIG” 245i69 (Delph., 4th c.BC), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below), _Aeolic dialect_ (?))] ϝάλλοι (plural) written γάλλοι, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: ὁ:— nail-head, stud, as an ornament, σκῆπτρον χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.246, compare 11.633)]; ἐν δέ οἱ [τῷ ξίφει] ἧλοι χρύσειοι πάμφαινον[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 29, compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.488b)], c: hence, of the stars, [Refs (“Placita Philosophorum” 2.14.3.)]
2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], nail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.71: ἧλοι σιδηροῖ καὶ ξύλινοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.12, etc.)]; of shoenails, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 4.13: proverbial, ἥλῳ ἐκκρούειν τὸν ἧλον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Laps.” 7)]; ἥλῳ ὁ ἧλος (i.e. ἐκκρούεται) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1314a5, etc.)]
3 = Latin acutus (= spur), [Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)]
II wart, callus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 37, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 272; ἧλοι καὶ τύλοι 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.104, compare 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.647; also on plants, especially the olive, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.14.3.)]
Doric dialect ἇλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.1484.62(Epid.), “SIG” 245i69 (Delph., 4th c.BC), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below), _Aeolic dialect_ (?))] ϝάλλοι (plural) written γάλλοι, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: ὁ:— nail-head, stud, as an ornament, σκῆπτρον χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.246, compare 11.633)]; ἐν δέ οἱ [τῷ ξίφει] ἧλοι χρύσειοι πάμφαινον[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 29, compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.488b)], c: hence, of the stars, [Refs (“Placita Philosophorum” 2.14.3.)]
2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], nail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.71: ἧλοι σιδηροῖ καὶ ξύλινοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.12, etc.)]; of shoenails, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 4.13: proverbial, ἥλῳ ἐκκρούειν τὸν ἧλον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Laps.” 7)]; ἥλῳ ὁ ἧλος (i.e. ἐκκρούεται) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1314a5, etc.)]
3 = Latin acutus (= spur), [Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)]
II wart, callus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 37, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 272; ἧλοι καὶ τύλοι 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.104, compare 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.647; also on plants, especially the olive, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.14.3.)]