Quick Definition
ἥλιος, ου, ὁ n.m. the sun, sunlight
Strong's Definition
from hele (a ray; perhaps akin to the alternate of 138); the sun; by implication, light
KJV Usage: + east, sun
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | εἰλικρίνεια
1.28 · Geographical Objects and Features · Heavenly Bodies
the sun the large celestial body that gives warmth and light to earth in the daytime Translators have relatively few difficulties in obtaining a satisfactory term for the sun, though there may be a tendency in some languages to add some kind of honorific title to the word, for example, ‘our father the sun.’ Translators’ problems occur, however, with verbs describing the action or effect of the sun. For example, in MAT 13:6, instead of speaking of ‘the sun rising,’ it may be more satisfactory to speak of ‘the sun shining’ or, in this particular context, possibly ‘when the sun was overhead’ or ‘by the time the sun had reached the sky.’ In MRK 13:24 one can perhaps best render the meaning as ‘the sun will no longer shine’ or ‘... will cease shining.’
MAT 5:45 · MAT 13:6 · MAT 13:43 · MAT 17:2 · MAT 24:29 · MRK 1:32 · MRK 4:6 · MRK 13:24 · MRK 16:2 · LUK 4:40 · LUK 21:25 · LUK 23:45 · ACT 2:20 · ACT 13:11 · ACT 26:13 · ACT 27:20 · 1CO 15:41 · EPH 4:26 · JAS 1:11 · REV 1:16 · REV 6:12 · REV 7:2 · REV 7:16 · REV 8:12 · REV 9:2 · REV 10:1 · REV 12:1 · REV 16:8 · REV 16:12 · REV 19:17 · REV 21:23 · REV 22:5
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἥλιος, του, ὁ [often anarthrous, W. 120 (114); B. 89 (78) ], (€An [root us to burn, ef. Curtius § 6127); Sept. for wow; the sun: Mt. v.45; xiii. 43; Mk. xiii. 24; Lk. iv. 40; xxi. 25; Acts xxvi. 13; 1 Co. xv. 41; Rev. i. 16, ete. i. q. the rays of the sun, Rev. vii. 16; i. 4: the light of day: μὴ βλέπων τὸν ἥλιον, of a blind man, Acts xiii. 11.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἥλιος hēlios 32x
the sun, Mt. 13:43; 17:2; Mk. 1:32; meton. light of the sun, light, Acts 13:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἥλιος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶשׁ;]
the sun: with art. (Bl., § 46, 5), Mt 5:45 13:43 17:2 24:29, Mk 1:32 4:6 13:24 16:2, Lk 4:40, Ac 2:20(LXX) 26:13, Eph 4:26, Ja 1:11, Re 1:16 6:12 8:12 9:2 10:1 12:1 16:8 19:17 21:23; βλέπειν τὸν ἥ., Ac 13:11; οὐδὲ μὴ πέσῃ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ὁ ἥ., Re 7:16; without art., Mt 13:6, Lk 21:25 23:45, Ac 27:20, I Co 15:41, Re 7:2 16:12 22:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἥλιος. P Hib I. 2739 (a calendar—s.c. 301-240) ἔλεγεν δὲ [δύο] τὰς πορείας εἶναι Tod ἡλίου pla (/. μίαν) μὲν τὴν διορίζουσαν νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν μία (1. μίαν) δὲ τὴν ϑιορίζουσαν χιμῶνα καὶ θέρος, ““Πε said that the courses of the sun were two, one dividing night and day and one dividing winter and summer” (Edd.), P Petr III. 144'¥ 39 (B.c. 246) ἡλίου περὶ καταφορὰν ὄντος, ‘at sunset,’’ P Oxy IV. 725™ (a.p. 183) ἀπὸ ἀν[ατολῆς] ἡ[λίου] μέχρι δύσεως, and an astronomical dialogue of ili/A.D., P Ryl Il. 634, where in answer to a question regarding certain εἴδωλα, it is replicd—Hdtds [ἐσῆτιν δεξιὸς ὀφθαλμός, Σελήνη ὁ εὐώνυμος : see also the ii/B.c. papyrus of the astronomer E idoxus, καθ᾽ ὃν ὃ ἥλιος φερόμενος τὴν μὲν ἡμέραν βραχυτέραν ποιεῖ τὴν δὲ νύκτα μακροτέραν. Two instances may be added from the inscrr., J/ichel 466'° (iii/B.c.) ἅμα τῶι ἡλίωι [ἀν]ατέλλοντι, 20. 135779 (B.C. 300299) ἡλίου ἀνιόντος ὁδός. For the late ἡλιαστήριον, “a place for sunning oneself,”’ cf. P Ryl II. 2064 (late iii/a.D.), and the introduction to P Oxy VII. 1014: also for a literary ex. 76. VI. 985. In MGr ἥλιος is found also in the form νήλιος, the v 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).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἥλιος (hēlios) — sun. ἥλιος, ὁ, Epic dialect ἠέλιος, as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+] (except in the late passage [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Doric dialect ἀέλιος [ᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+], but ἅλιος [ᾱ], [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Cretan dialect ἀβέλιος (i.e. ἀϝ-), [Refs 5th c.AD+]: Aeolic dialect ἀέλιος [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἄλιος [Refs 7th c.BC+] ἀέλιος (or ἁ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— sun, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο to see the light of life, live, [Refs], etc.; ὑπ᾽ ἠελίῳ τε καὶ οὐρανῷ ἀστερόεντι ναιετάουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὑπὸ ἡλίου ἑωρᾶσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ σελήνη γ᾽ ἡλίῳ (i.e. ὅμοιος) a pale reflection, [Refs]
2. to determine the cardinal points, πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε towards the [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάς, opposed to πρὸς ἑσπέρην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων Αἰθίοπες the eastern.. , [Refs]
3. day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, year, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4. sunshine, sun's heat, ἐπὶ τοῖς ὄρεσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολὺντὸν ἥ. ἐμφαίνειν, of a sunburnt person, [Refs]: plural, sunbeams, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; hot sunny days, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. metaphorically, sunshine, brightness, ψυχῆς [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a person, Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον Ἀέλιον [Refs]; of [Refs 1st c.BC+]; νέος Ἥ., of Nero and Caligula, [Refs]
II. as proper name, Helios, the sun-god, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νὴ τὸν Ἥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ Δία Γῆν Ἥλιον, in manumission-formula, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; [Ἥλιος] δούλους ἐλευθέρους ποιεῖ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; identified with Apollo, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. Ἡλίου ἀστήρ, of the planet [Refs 5th c.BC+] sāwelios, cf. Cretan dialect ἀβέλιος, Lithuanian sáulė, Latin sōl.)