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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 ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:6 - and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 - 'Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:2 - and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 - 'And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:32 - And evening having come, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all who were ill, and who were demoniacs,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:6 - and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:24 - 'But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:2 - and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:40 - And at the setting of the sun, all, as many as had any ailing with manifold sicknesses, brought them unto him, and he on each one of them his hands having put, did heal them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25 - 'And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land is distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:45 - and the sun was darkened, and the vail of the sanctuary was rent in the midst,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:20 - the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord -- the great and illustrious;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 - and now, lo, a hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead him by the hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13 - at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:20 - and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:41 - one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star from star doth differ in glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:26 - be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:11 - for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:16 - and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance is as the sun shining in its might.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:12 - And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and lo, a great earthquake came, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:2 - and I saw another messenger going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he did cry with a great voice to the four messengers, to whom it was given to injure the land and the sea, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16 - they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall upon them, nor any heat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:12 - And the fourth messenger did sound, and smitten was the third of the sun, and the third of the moon, and the third of the stars, that darkened may be the third of them, and that the day may not shine -- the third of it, and the night in like manner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:2 - and he did open the pit of the abyss, and there came up a smoke out of the pit as smoke of a great furnace, and darkened was the sun and the air, from the smoke of the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:1 - And I saw another strong messenger coming down out of the heaven, arrayed with a cloud, and a rainbow upon the head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:8 - And the fourth messenger did pour out his vial upon the sun, and there was given to him to scorch men with fire,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 - And the sixth messenger did pour out his vial upon the great river, the Euphrates, and dried up was its water, that the way of the kings who are from the rising of the sun may be made ready;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:17 - And I saw one messenger standing in the sun, and he cried, a great voice, saying to all the birds that are flying in mid-heaven, 'Come and be gathered together to the supper of the great God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:23 - and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it is the Lamb;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:5 - and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign -- to the ages of the ages.
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