Word Study · Strong's G2246 · Greek
ἥλιος
helios
hay'-lee-os
Strong's 1890 spelling: hḗlios
“the sun”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the sun; by implication, light
Rendered in the KJV as
+ east, sun.
- 32occurrencesin the New Testament
- 8 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 32 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- ἥλιος10
- ἡλίου9
- ἥλιος,4
- ἥλιον2
- ἥλιον,2
- ἡλίου,1
- ἡλίου.1
- ἡλίου.¶1
- ἡλίῳ1
- ἡλίῳ,1
How it is rendered · 7
- sun20
- sun,6
- of [the] sun2
- of [the] sun,1
- of the sun.1
- sun.1
- when [the] sun1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular14
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular12
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular4
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM · 14
- N-GSM · 12
- N-ASM · 4
- N-DSM · 2
All 32, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew5 occurrences
- Matthew 5:45ἥλιονhēlionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularthat you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.here: sun
- Matthew 13:6ἡλίουhēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularBut when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.here: when [the] sun
- Matthew 13:43ἥλιοςhēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThen the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.here: sun
- Matthew 17:2ἥλιος,hēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThere He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.here: sun,
- Matthew 24:29ἥλιοςhēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularImmediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’here: sun
Mark4 occurrences
- Mark 1:32ἥλιος,hēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThat evening, after sunset, people brought to Jesus all who were sick and demon-possessed,here: sun,
- Mark 4:6ἥλιος,hēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.here: sun
- Mark 13:24ἥλιοςhēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;here: sun
- Mark 16:2ἡλίου.hēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularVery early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.here: sun.
Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 4:40ἡλίουhēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularAt sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.here: sun
- Luke 21:25ἡλίῳhēliōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularThere will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.here: sun
- Luke 23:45ἡλίουhēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularThe sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.here: sun
Acts4 occurrences
- Acts 2:20ἥλιοςhēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThe sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.here: sun
- Acts 13:11ἥλιονhēlionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularNow look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.here: sun
- Acts 26:13ἡλίουhēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularAbout noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.here: sun
- Acts 27:20ἡλίουhēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularWhen neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.here: sun
1 Corinthians1 occurrence
Ephesians1 occurrence
Revelation13 occurrences
- Revelation 1:16ἥλιοςhēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularHe held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.here: sun
- Revelation 6:12ἥλιοςhēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAnd when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,here: sun
- Revelation 7:2ἡλίουhēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularAnd I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:here: of [the] sun
- Revelation 7:16ἥλιοςhēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’here: sun
- Revelation 8:12ἡλίουhēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularThen the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.here: sun
- Revelation 9:2ἥλιοςhēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThe star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.here: sun
- Revelation 10:1ἥλιος,hēliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThen I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.here: sun,
- Revelation 12:1ἥλιον,hēlionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularAnd a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.here: sun,
- Revelation 16:8ἥλιον,hēlionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThen the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.here: sun,
- Revelation 16:12ἡλίου.¶hēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularAnd the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.here: of the sun.
- Revelation 19:17ἡλίῳ,hēliōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularThen I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,here: sun,
- Revelation 21:23ἡλίουhēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularAnd the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.here: sun
- Revelation 22:5ἡλίουhēliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularThere will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.here: of [the] sun