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Lexicon :: Strong's G2246 - hēlios

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2246 matches the Greek ἥλιος (hēlios),
which occurs 242 times in 221 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 15:12–Jdg 20:43)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 - And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:23 - The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31 - And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:45 - And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bare unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20 - And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:3 - If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26 - If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:7 - And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11 - And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41 - Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47 - And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49 - and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 - but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11 - but it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:13 - thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it); lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:14 -
And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun,
And for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:15 - until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:19 - And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 - Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel,
Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon;
And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 -
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed,
Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.
Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:7 - Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:8 - With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31 -
So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah:
But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.
And the land had rest forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:33 - and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and rush upon the city; and, behold, when he and the people that are with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them,
If ye had not plowed with my heifer,
Ye had not found out my riddle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14 - So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trod them down at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

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