Greek noun (masculine) · G2246
ἥλιος
helioshay'-lee-os
sun
32 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hḗlios
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2246is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2246
the sun; by implication, light
The King James renders it: + east, sun.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
helios is rendered "sun". It stands 32 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:45that 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.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
that 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.
Matthew 5:45ἥλιον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirteen of the word's thirty-two uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- sun27
- of sun3
- of the sun1
- when sun1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 32, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἥλιος14
- ἡλίου11
- ἥλιον4
- ἡλίῳ2
- ἡλίου.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular14N-NSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular12N-GSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular4N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2N-DSM
Matthew
five uses
that 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.
- ἥλιονhelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: sun
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: when sun
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
Immediately 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.’
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
Mark
four uses
That evening, after sunset, people brought to Jesus all who were sick and demon-possessed,
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: sun
Luke
three uses
At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: sun
There 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.
- ἡλίῳhelionoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: sun
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: sun
Acts
four uses
The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
Now 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.
- ἥλιονhelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: sun
About 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.
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: sun
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: sun
1 Corinthians
one use
The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of sun
Ephesians
one use
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
James
one use
For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
Revelation
thirteen uses
He 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.
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
And 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,
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
And 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:
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of sun
‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
Then 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.
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: sun
The 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.
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
Then 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.
- ἥλιοςheliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sun
And 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.
- ἥλιονhelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: sun
Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
- ἥλιονhelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: sun
And 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.
- ἡλίου.¶heliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of the sun
Then 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,
- ἡλίῳhelionoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: sun
And 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.
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: sun
There 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.
- ἡλίουheliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of sun
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.