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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 13 times in 13 verses in 'Rev' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:16 - In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun G2246 [fn]shining in its strength.

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And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun G2246 became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:2 - And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun G2246, holding the seal of the living God; and he called out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16 - “They will no longer hunger nor thirst, nor will the sun G2246 [fn]beat down on them, nor any scorching heat;

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The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun G2246, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:2 - He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke ascended out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun G2246 and the air were darkened from the smoke of the shaft.

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I saw another strong angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was on his head, and his face was like the sun G2246, and his feet like pillars of fire;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:1 -

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun G2246, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:8 -

And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun G2246, and it was given power to scorch people with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 -

The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the [fn]east G2246.

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Then I saw [fn]an angel standing in the sun G2246, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble for the great feast of God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:23 - And the city has no need of the sun G2246 or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:5 - And there will no longer be any night; and they [fn]will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun G2246, because the Lord God will illuminate them; and they will reign forever and ever.
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