Quick Definition
a nail
Strong's Definition
a stud, i.e. spike
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: nail
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἧλος, ἠλου, ὁ, a nail: Joh_20:25. ((From Homer on.)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἧλος hēlos 2x
a nail, Joh_20:25 (2x)
GK G7005 ἡμεῖς hēmeis 864x see ἐγώ
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἧλος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX : Isa_41:7 H4548 etc.;]
a nail: Joh_20:25 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἦλος [page 279]
P Lond 1177 .231 (accounts A.D. 113) (= III. p. 187) τι [μ ]ῆς ἥλων καὶ ἄλλων , P Strass I. 32 .4 (A.D. 261) ἔπεμψα δὲ καὶ ἥλους τέσσαρας εἰς τὴν τούτου πῆξιν , P Oxy IX. 1220 .16 (iii/A.D.) πέμψις μοι τοὺς ἐκχυσιαίους ἥλους καὶ γλυοῦ ( l. γλοιοῦ ) κεράμιον , you will send me the nails for emptying (?) and a jar of gum (Ed.), and the citation from Archiv v. p. 179 s.v. δαπανάω sub fine. The mention of the nails in the hands of the crucified Lord, as in Joh_20:25 , is found in Ev. Petr. 6 καὶ τότε ἀπέσπασαν τοὺς ἥλους ἀπὸ τῶν χειρῶν τοῦ κυρίου .
For a subst. ἡλοκόπος = nail-smith cf. BGU IV. 1028 .19 (ii/A.D.) τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ ἡλοκόπ (οις ), and for the corresponding adj. ib. 1124 .11 (B.C. 18) τὴν ἡλοκοπικὴν τέχνην .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἧλος "a nail": in Hom. only for ornament, "a nail-head or stud." after Hom. "a nail" to fasten with, Pind. , Xen. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἧλος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Isa.41:7 מַסְמֵר etc. ;]
a nail: Jhn.20:25.†
(AS)