2001 Translation

ĒLIŌ, ēliō

Sounds Like: hay-LEE-oh

Translations: to the sun, for the sun, with the sun

From the root: ΗΛΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This is the dative singular form of the noun 'sun'. It refers to the celestial body that gives light and heat to the Earth. In Koine Greek, the dative case often indicates the indirect object of a verb, the means by which something is done, or the time when something occurs (e.g., 'at sunrise').

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2246 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:2, 8:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• 2 Esdras — 17:3
• Psalms — 18:5, 71:5
• Job — 9:7
• Luke — 21:25
• Revelation — 19:17

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 19:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 2:12
• Book Two — 2:12

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 1:31
• Book 15 — 11:412

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 16:33, 16:48
• Book Four — 6:30
• Book Six — 3:41

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 40:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 34:3, 64:6, 64:8

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 6:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Deuteronomy — 17:3
• 2 Kings — 23:5, 23:11
• Nehemiah — 7:3
• Psalms — 18:6, 71:5
• Job — 9:7
• Ezekiel — 8:16

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 21:25
• Revelation — 19:17

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
• ΗΛΙΟΣ — sun, a sun
• ΗΛΙΟΥ — of the sun, sun
• ΗΛΙΟΥΣ — suns
• ΛΙΟΣ — sun, a sun

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