2001 Translation

ĒLIOS, ēlios

Sounds Like: HEE-lee-os

Translations: sun, a sun

From the root: ΗΛΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the sun, the star that the Earth orbits. It is commonly used to denote the celestial body itself or its light and warmth. It can be used in sentences like 'the sun rose' or 'the sun shone brightly'.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2246 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 106:2

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:86, 6:6, 6:16, 8:22, 9:12, 10:14, 10:47, 11:15

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 20:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• Leviticus — 22:7
• Esther — 1:1k, 10:3c
• Judith — 14:2
• Tobit — 2:7, 10:7
• 1 Maccabees — 6:39, 10:50, 12:27
• Psalms — 88:37, 103:19, 103:22, 120:6, 148:3
• Ecclesiastes — 1:5, 12:2
• Song of Solomon — 1:6, 6:10
• Wisdom — 5:6
• Sirach — 17:19, 26:16, 42:16, 43:2, 43:4, 46:4, 48:23, 50:7
• Isaiah — 24:23, 38:8, 49:10, 60:19, 60:20
• Jeremiah — 15:9
• Joel — 2:10, 3:4, 4:15
• Jonah — 4:8
• Nahum — 3:17
• Habakkuk — 3:11
• Malachi — 3:20
• Matthew — 13:43, 17:2, 24:29
• Mark — 1:32, 4:6, 13:24
• Acts of the Apostles — 2:20
• Ephesians — 4:26
• James — 1:11
• Revelation — 1:16, 6:12, 7:16, 9:2, 10:1
• Shepherd of Hermas — 22:6

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 2:10
• Book Two — 2:10

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 19:282
• Book 3 — 6:115
• Book 6 — 5:76, 11:216
• Book 11 — 3:55
• Book 12 — 11:424
• Book 16 — 4:108

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 56:21, 137:4

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 7:2

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 6:1, 6:16, 7:1, 7:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 15:17, 19:23, 28:11, 32:31, 37:9
• Exodus — 16:21, 22:3
• Leviticus — 22:7
• Deuteronomy — 24:15
• Joshua — 10:12, 10:13
• Judges — 19:14
• 2 Samuel — 2:24, 3:35, 23:4
• 2 Kings — 3:22
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:34
• Esther — 1:1, 10:3
• Judith — 14:2
• Tobit — 2:4, 2:7, 2:7, 10:7
• 1 Maccabees — 6:39, 10:50, 12:27
• 2 Maccabees — 1:22
• Psalms — 88:37, 103:19, 103:22, 120:6, 148:3
• Odes — 6:11, 10:62
• Ecclesiastes — 1:5, 12:2
• Song of Solomon — 1:6, 6:9
• Wisdom — 5:6
• Sirach — 17:19, 26:16, 42:16, 43:2, 43:4, 46:4, 48:23, 50:7
• Isaiah — 38:8, 49:10, 60:19, 60:20
• Jeremiah — 15:9
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:59, 1:66
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:62
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:62, 4:8
• Amos — 8:9
• Micah — 3:6
• Joel — 2:10, 2:31, 3:15
• Jonah — 4:8
• Nahum — 3:17
• Habakkuk — 3:11
• Malachi — 4:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 1:6, 17:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 4 — 1:6

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 13:43, 17:2, 24:29
• Mark — 1:32, 4:6, 13:24
• Acts — 2:20
• Ephesians — 4:26
• James — 1:11
• Revelation — 1:16, 6:12, 7:16, 9:2, 10:1

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΗΛΙΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΕΛΙΟΥΣ — sun, the sun
• ΗΛΙ — sun, the sun
• ΗΛΙΕ — O sun, O Sun
• ΗΛΙΝ — sun
• ΗΛΙΟ — sun, a sun
• ΗΛΙΟΝ — sun, a sun
• ΗΛΙΟΥ — of the sun, sun
• ΗΛΙΟΥΣ — suns
• ΗΛΙΩ — to the sun, for the sun, with the sun
• ΛΙΟΣ — sun, a sun

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