ὡραῖος
hōraios · beautiful
Greek word · Strong’s number G5611 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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hōraios (ὡραῖος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “beautiful”.
Lovely; also timely.
How to say it
hō·rai·os
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
- Lovely; the temple gate so named.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of all uncleanness.
- Acts 3:2
And a certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they used to set every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms from those entering into the temple.
- Acts 3:10
and they recognized him, that he was the one who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
- Romans 10:15
And how are they to proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the good news of good things!