χάλαζα
chalaza · hail
Greek word · Strong’s number G5464 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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chalaza (χάλαζα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hail”.
Balls of ice falling from the sky.
How to say it
cha·la·za
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Balls of ice that fall from the sky in a storm.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- hail ×3
- hailstones ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Revelation 8:7
And the first blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees was burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
- Revelation 11:19
And the sanctuary of God that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his sanctuary; and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and great hail.
- Revelation 16:21
And great hailstones, about a talent in weight, come down from heaven on people; and people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is extremely great.
And 1 more times.