Strong G5464χάλαζα
hail
- Transliteration
- chalaza
- Pronunciation
- khal'-ad-zah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably from G5465; hail: - hail.
Detailed definition
χάλαζα, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for בָּרָד;]
hail: Rev.8:7 11:19 16:21.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בָּרָד;]
hail: Rev.8:7 11:19 16:21.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5464 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hail3
First verses
- Revelation 8:7The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
- Revelation 11:19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
- Revelation 16:21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
χάλαζ-α [χᾰ], ης, ἡ,
hail [NT+8th c.BC+ (compare (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394b1), ὄμβρον.. ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.6, compare 15.170, NT.Rev.8.7, etc.: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 188b, “R.” 397a; χ. στρογγύλαι)]hailstones, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1127 (troch.); ἀπὸ τῶν χαλαζῶν.. ἄπαγε σεαυτόν [prev. author] “Ra.” 852)]: metaphorically, any pelting shower, ὀμβρία χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1503; χ. αἵματος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).27.)]
II any small knot like a hailstone,
II.1 pimple or tubercle in the flesh of swine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 603b18, “Pr.” 963b34, Androsth. cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.93c.)]
II.2 small cyst, such as grows on the eyelid, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.437, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.198, etc.)]
II.3 a knot or hard lump; in an egg, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560a28; in coal, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 25; in ivory, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.13; λίθοι χαλάζης)]crystals, [Refs (1 “Enoch” 14.9,10)]. (Cf. Sloven. žled, Little Russian oželeda 'sleet, ice'.)
hail [NT+8th c.BC+ (compare (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394b1), ὄμβρον.. ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.6, compare 15.170, NT.Rev.8.7, etc.: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 188b, “R.” 397a; χ. στρογγύλαι)]hailstones, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1127 (troch.); ἀπὸ τῶν χαλαζῶν.. ἄπαγε σεαυτόν [prev. author] “Ra.” 852)]: metaphorically, any pelting shower, ὀμβρία χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1503; χ. αἵματος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).27.)]
II any small knot like a hailstone,
II.1 pimple or tubercle in the flesh of swine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 603b18, “Pr.” 963b34, Androsth. cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.93c.)]
II.2 small cyst, such as grows on the eyelid, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.437, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.198, etc.)]
II.3 a knot or hard lump; in an egg, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560a28; in coal, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 25; in ivory, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.13; λίθοι χαλάζης)]crystals, [Refs (1 “Enoch” 14.9,10)]. (Cf. Sloven. žled, Little Russian oželeda 'sleet, ice'.)