ἥλιος
hēlios
“sun”
Definition
perhaps akin to the alternate of G138 (αἱρέομαι)); the sun; by implication, light
from (a ray;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
ἥλιος appears 32 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
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