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Strong's #2246 - ἥλιος
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- the sun
- the rays of the sun
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ἥλιος, ὁ,
ἠέλιος, as always in Hom. (exc. in the late passage Od. 8.271) and Hes., cf. Hp. Alim. 42: Dor. ἀέλιος [ᾱ] Pi. P. 4.144, Call. Cer. 92, Lav.Pall. 89, and lyr. in Trag., S. Ant. 809, E. Ph. 175, al., but ἅλιος [ᾱ], S. Tr. 96, E. Alc. 395 (ᾰέλιος S. Tr. 835): Cret. ἀβέλιος (i.e. ἀ ϝ-), Hsch.: Aeol. ἀέλιος Sapph. 79(= Oxy. 1787 Fr. 1.25), Supp. 25.7; ἄλιος Sapph. 69 (s.v.l.): Arc. ἀέλιος (or ἁ-) IG 5(2).4.12 (Tegea, iv B.C.): —
I
1. sun, Il. 7.421, etc.; ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο to see the light of life, live, 18.61, etc.; ὑπ' ἠελίῳ τε καὶ οὐρανῷ ἀστερόεντι ναιετάουσι 4.44; γυνὴ.. ἀρίστη τῶν ὑφ' ἡλίῳ E. Alc. 151; οὐκέτ' ἔστιν ὑφ' ἁλίῳ ib. 395; also ὑπὸ ἡλίου ἑωρᾶσθαι Th. 2.102; οἱ ὑπὸ τοῦτον τὸν ἥλιον ἄνθρωποι D. 18.270; τριῶν τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥ. μεγίστων ἡγεμονιῶν Plu. Luc. 30: prov., οὐδ' ὁ ἥ. εἴσεται Hld. 7.21; ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ (sc. ὅμοιος) a pale reflection, Com.Adesp. 5.15D.
2. to determine the cardinal points, πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε towards the East, opp. πρὸς ζόφον: εἴτ' ἐπὶ δεξί' ἴωσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε, εἴτ' ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ τοί γε ποτὶ ζόφον ἠερόεντα Il. 12.239, cf. Od. 9.26; ὅσοι ναίουσι πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε, ἠδ' ὅσσοι μετόπισθε ποτὶ ζόφον 13.240; πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάς, opp. πρὸς ἑσπέρην, Hdt. 7.58; τὰ πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα Id. 4.40; οἱ ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων Αἰθίοπες the eastern.., Id. 7.70.
3. day, S. El. 424; a day, Pi. O. 13.37, Hp. Alim. 42, E. Hel. 652 (pl.), Ps.- Luc. Philopatr. 4,26, etc.; later, year, Herod. 10.1.
4. sunshine, sun's heat, ἐπὶ τοῖς ὄρεσιν Pl. Phd. 116e; ἥ. πολύς Luc. Nav. 35, cf. Herm. 25; πολὺντὸν ἥ. ἐμφαίνειν, of a sunburnt person, Id. Ind. 3, cf. Rh. Proverbs 9:1-18 : pl., sunbeams, Thphr. Sign. 22, Ael. NA 16.17; hot sunny days, Th. 7.87.
5. metaph., sunshine, brightness, ψυχῆς Plu. 2.994e, cf. Artem. 2.36, etc.; of a person, Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον Ἀέλιον IG 14.1188; of Ptol. VI, UPZ 15.33; νέος Ἥ., of Nero and Caligula, SIG 814.34, 798.3.
II
1. as pr. n., Helios, the sun-god, Od. 8.271, etc.; νὴ τὸν Ἥ. Men. Sam. 108; ὑπὸ Δία Γῆν Ἥλιον, in manumission-formula, POxy. 48.6, 49.8 (i A.D.), IG 9(1).412(Aetolia), IPE 2.54.10 (iii A.D.); [ Ἥλιος] δούλους ἐλευθέρους ποιεῖ Artem. 2.36; identified with Apollo, Carm.Pop. 12, E. Fr. 781.11; with Dionysus, D.Chr. 31.11, etc.
2. Ἡλίου ἀστήρ, of the planet Saturn, v.l. in Pl. Epin. 987c, cf. D.S. 2.30, Theo Sm. p.130H. (I.- E. sâwelios, cf. Cret. ἀβέλιος, Lith. sáulë, Lat. sôl.)
ἥλιος, ἡλίου, ὁ (often anarthrous, Winers Grammar, 120 (114); Buttmann, 89 (78)) (ἕλη (root us to burn, cf. Curtius, § 612)); the Sept. for שֶׁמֶשׁ; the sun: Matthew 5:45; Matthew 13:43; Mark 13:24; Luke 4:40; Luke 21:25; Acts 26:13; 1 Corinthians 15:41; Revelation 1:16, etc. equivalent to the rays of the sun, Revelation 7:16; equivalent to the light of day: μή βλέπων τόν ἥλιον, of a blind man, Acts 13:11.
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ἥλιος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H8121;]
the sun: with art. (El., § 46, 5), Matthew 5:45; Matthew 13:43; Matthew 17:2; Matthew 24:29, Mark 1:32; Mark 4:6; Mark 13:24; Mark 16:2, Luke 4:40, Acts 2:20 (LXX) Acts 26:13, Ephesians 4:26, James 1:11, Revelation 1:16; Revelation 6:12; Revelation 8:12; Revelation 9:2; Revelation 10:1; Revelation 12:1; Revelation 16:8; Revelation 19:17; Revelation 21:23; βλέπειν τὸν ἥ ., Acts 13:11; οὐδὲ μὴ πέσῃ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς ὁ ἥ ., Revelation 7:16; without art., Matthew 13:6, Luke 21:25; Luke 23:45, Acts 27:20, 1 Corinthians 15:41, Revelation 7:2; Revelation 16:12; Revelation 22:5.†
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P Hib I. 27.80 (a calendar—B.C. 301–240) ἔλεγεν δὲ [δύο ] τ ̣ὰς πορείας εἶναι τοῦ ἡλίου μία (l. μίαν) μὲν τὴν διορίζουσαν νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν μία (l. μίαν) δὲ τὴν διορίζουσαν χιμῶνα καὶ θέρος, ";he said that the courses of the sun were two, one dividing night and day and one dividing winter and summer"; (Edd.), P Petr III. 144iv. 20 (B.C. 246) ἡλίου περὶ καταφορὰν ὄντος, ";at sunset,"; P Oxy IV. 725.12 (A.D. 183) ἀπὸ ἀν [ατολῆς ] ἡ [λίου ] μέχρι δύσεως, and an astronomical dialogue of iii/A.D., P Ryl II. 63.4, where in answer to a question regarding certain εἴδωλα, it is replied—Ἥλι ̣ο ̣ς [ἐσ ]τ ̣ι ̣ν ̣ δεξιὸς ὀφθαλμός, Σελήνη ὁ εὐώνυμος : see also the ii/B.C. papyrus of the astronomer Eudoxus, καθ᾽ ὃν ὁ ἥλιος φερόμενος τὴν μὲν ἡμέραν βραχυτέραν ποιεῖ τὴν δὲ νύκτα μακροτέραν. Two instances may be added from the inscrr., Michel 466.10 (iii/B.C.) ἅμα τῶι ἡλίωι [ἀν ]ατέλλοντι, ib. 1357.10 (B.C. 300–299) ἡλίου ἀνιόντος ὁδός. For the late ἡλιαστήριον, ";a place for sunning oneself,"; cf. P Ryl II. 206.48 (late iii/A.D.), and the introduction to P Oxy VII. 1014 : also for a literary ex. ib. VI. 985. In MGr ἥλιος is found also in the form νήλιος, the ν having been carried over from a preceding word owing to a mistaken separation of words : see Thumb Handbook, p. 25, and cf. ";newt,"; ";nickname,"; also Fr. lierre (Lat. hedera).
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