hēlios · sun

What it means

hēlios (ἥλιος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sun”.

How to say it

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

1. The great light in the sky that gives the day light and heat.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×4
• Luke×3
• Acts×4
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×1
• James×1
• Revelation×13

• Matthew 5:45

  so that you may become sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

• Matthew 13:6

  But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they did not have root, they withered.

• Matthew 13:43

  Then the righteous will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, let him hear.

• Matthew 17:2

  And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as the light.

• Matthew 24:29

  And at once after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

• Mark 1:32

  When evening came, when the sun set, they were bringing to him all who were ill and those who were possessed by demons.

• Mark 4:6

  And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it did not have root, it withered.

• Mark 13:24

  But in those days, after that affliction, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

• Mark 16:2

  And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun had risen.

• Luke 4:40

  Now as the sun was setting, all who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he, laying his hands on each one of them, was healing them.

• Luke 21:25

  And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and the surging waves,

• Luke 23:45

  the sun having failed; and the curtain of the sanctuary was torn down the middle.

• Acts 2:20

  The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

• Acts 13:11

  And now, look, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.” And immediately mist and darkness fell on him, and going around he was seeking people to lead him by the hand.

• Acts 26:13

  at midday, on the road, I saw, King, a light from heaven, beyond the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.

• Acts 27:20

  And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was pressing on us, finally all hope of our being saved was being taken away.

• 1 Corinthians 15:41

  There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

• Ephesians 4:26

  Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

• James 1:11

  For the sun rose with its scorching heat and withered the grass, and its flower fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.

• Revelation 1:16

  and he had in his right hand seven stars, and from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun when it shines in its strength.

• Revelation 6:12

  And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake took place, and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood,

• Revelation 7:2

  And I saw another angel coming up from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it had been granted to harm the earth and the sea,

• Revelation 7:16

  They will hunger no more, nor will they thirst anymore, nor will the sun ever fall on them, nor any scorching heat,

• Revelation 8:12

  And the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon and a third of the stars, so that a third of them would be darkened, and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night likewise.

• Revelation 9:2

  And he opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke went up from the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the shaft.

• Revelation 10:1

  And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, and the rainbow was over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

• Revelation 12:1

  And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;

• Revelation 16:8

  And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to scorch people with fire.

• Revelation 16:12

  And the sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.

• Revelation 19:17

  And I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in midheaven, “Come, gather for the great supper of God,

• Revelation 21:23

  And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

• Revelation 22:5

  And night will be no more, and they have no need of the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign to the ages of the ages.