φιάλη phialē

Greek word for “bowl” · Strong’s G5357 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

φιάλη, -ης, ἡ; a shallow bowl (= Lat. patera), used for pouring libations, etc.: 15:7 16:1-17 17:1 21:9.†;

How it is translated

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

• bowl 7
• bowls 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 16 (8), Revelation 5 (1), Revelation 15 (1), Revelation 17 (1), Revelation 21 (1)

Forms

• φιάλην 7
• φιάλας 5

Words used with it

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

• ἐκχέω ekcheō “to pour out” 8
• γέμω gemō “be full” 3
• ἑπτά hepta “seven” 4
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 4
• ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos “water” 3
• μέγας megas “great” 4
• δεῦρο deuro “come” 2
• χρύσεος chruseos “golden” 2
• ποταμός potamos “river” 2
• θυμός thumos “wrath” 2
• ζῷον zōon “living thing” 2
• ἀρνίον arnion “lamb” 2

Key verses

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

• Revelation 5:8 — And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of…
• Revelation 15:7 — And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
• Revelation 16:1 — And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
• Revelation 16:2 — And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon…
• Revelation 16:3 — And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
• Revelation 16:4 — And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
• Revelation 16:8 — And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
• Revelation 16:10 — And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
• Revelation 16:12 — And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be…
• Revelation 16:17 — And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
• Revelation 17:1 — And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the…
• Revelation 21:9 — And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew…

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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.