G2246 ἥλιος
Strong's Greek Concordance · 30 KJV occurrences
ἥλιος
hḗlios
Definition
perhaps akin to the alternate of G138 (αἱρέομαι)); the sun; by implication, light
KJV Renderings
+ east, sun
Derivation / Etymology
from (a ray;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 30)
- Matthew 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- Mark 13:24¶ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
- Luke 23:45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- Acts 27:20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
- James 1:11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
- Revelation 8:12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
- Revelation 16:8And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.