ἥλιος hēlios

Greek word for “sun” · Strong’s G2246 · used 32 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

ἥλιος, -ου, ὁ; the sun: with art.

How it is translated

Glosses given for hēlios in context, with how often each is used:

• sun 31
• when the sun 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (2), Revelation 7 (2), Revelation 16 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 1 (1), Mark 4 (1), Mark 13 (1), Mark 16 (1)

Forms

• ἥλιος 14
• ἡλίου 12
• ἥλιον 4
• ἡλίῳ 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hēlios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σελήνη selēnē “moon” 9
• ἀνατέλλω anatellō “to rise” 5
• ἀστήρ astēr “star” 5
• ξηραίνω xērainō “to dry” 4
• μέγας megas “great” 7
• καυματίζω kaumatizō “to scorch” 3
• σκοτίζω skotizō “to darken” 3
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 6
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 6
• φαίνω phainō “to shine/appear” 3
• φέγγος phengos “brightness” 2
• δύνω dunō, dumi “to set” 2

Key verses

The verses using hēlios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on…
• Matthew 24:29 — Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the…
• Luke 21:25 — And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
• Ephesians 4:26 — Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
• Revelation 1:16 — And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
• Revelation 6:12 — And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as…
• Revelation 7:16 — They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
• Revelation 10:1 — And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet…
• Revelation 12:1 — And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
• Revelation 19:17 — And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves…
• Revelation 21:23 — And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
• Revelation 22:5 — And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.