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Lexicon :: Strong's G2246 - hēlios

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ἥλιος
Transliteration
hēlios (Key)
Pronunciation
hay'-lee-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From hele (a ray, perhaps akin to the alternate of αἱρέω (G138))
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Strong’s Definitions

ἥλιος hḗlios, hay'-lee-os; from ἕλη hélē (a ray; perhaps akin to the alternate of G138); the sun; by implication, light:—+ east, sun.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's G2246 in the following manner: sun (30x), east (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's G2246 in the following manner: sun (30x), east (2x).

  1. the sun

  2. the rays of the sun

  3. the light of day

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἥλιος hḗlios, hay'-lee-os; from ἕλη hélē (a ray; perhaps akin to the alternate of G138); the sun; by implication, light:—+ east, sun.
STRONGS G2246:
ἥλιος, -ου, ὁ [often anarthrous, Winers Grammar, 120 (114); Buttmann, 89 (78)], (ἕλη [root us to burn, cf. Curtius, § 612]); Sept. for שֶׁמֶשׁ; the sun: Matthew 5:45; Matthew 13:43; Mark 13:24; Luke 4:40; Luke 21:25; Acts 26:13; 1 Corinthians 15:41; Revelation 1:16, etc. equivalent to the rays of the sun, Revelation 7:16; equivalent to the light of day: μὴ βλέπων τὸν ἥλιον, of a blind man, Acts 13:11.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:45; 13:43
Mark
13:24
Luke
4:40; 21:25
Acts
13:11; 26:13
1 Corinthians
15:41
Revelation
1:16; 7:16

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Strong's Number G2246 matches the Greek ἥλιος (hēlios),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:45 - that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:6 - When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 - Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:2 - He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 - But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:32 - At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:6 - When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:24 - But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:2 - Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:40 - When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25 - There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the eretz anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:45 - The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:20 - The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 - Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13 - at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:20 - When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small tempest pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:41 - There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:26 - "Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:11 - For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:16 - He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:12 - I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:2 - I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the eretz and the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16 - They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:12 - The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:2 - He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:1 - I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:1 - A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:8 - The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 - The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Perat. Its water was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:17 - I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, "Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:23 - The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:5 - There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.
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