ὕλη, ὕλης, ἡ, a forest, a wood; felled wood, fuel: Jas_3:5. (From Homer down; the Sept..)

ὕλη hylē 1x wood, a forest; in NT firewood, a mass of fuel, Jas_3:5 GK G7007 ὑμεῖς hymeis 1,840x see σύ

ὕλη , -ης , ἡ , [in LXX : Job_19:29 († ) Job_38:40 ( H5521 ), Psa_69:2 B.l ΰ ( H3121 ), Isa_10:17 ( H8068 ), Wis_11:17 ; Wis_15:13 , Sir_28:10 , 2Ma_2:24 , 4Ma_1:29 * ;] 1. wood, forest, woodland (Thus., Xen ., al. ). 2. wood, timber, fuel ( Hom ., Hdt ., Thuc ., al. ): Jas_3:5 ( v. Hort , Ja., 70, 104 f .). 3. = Lat. materia , esp . in Philosophy, matter ( Arist . and later writers; Wis, ll . c .).†

ὕλη [page 649] Hort s contention ( ad Jas_3:5 , cf. p. 104 ff.) that ὕλη , when applied to living wood, is either woodland as opposed to mountains and cultivated plains, specially the rough bushy skirts of the hills, or brushwood may be supported by PSI VI. 577 .8 (B.C. 248 5) τήν τε γῆν ἐ [κάθαρα ὑπάρχουσαν ?] ὕλης μεστήν . The word is used in the account of a purchase of wood P Cairo Zen I. 59112 .4 (B.C. 257) ξύλων ὧ̣ν̣ ἠγόρακεν ἐκ τῆς ὕλης : cf. also P Lond 166 b . .4 (A.D. 186) ( = II. p. 106) ἐφ᾽ ὕλ (ης ) καινῆς , wood for the sluice-gates of an embankment, and P Oxy XIV. 1674 .4 (iii/A.D.) ποίησον τὴν ἄκανθαν καταβληθῆναι καὶ τὴν ὕλην αὐτῆς βάλε εἰς το̣, ν̣ τ̣ρ̣ὐ̣ινον , have the acacia tree cut down and throw the wood into the. . . (Edd.). For the meaning furniture, see P Oxy XVI. 1901 .30 (a Will vi/A.D.) τὴν ἐν τῳ οἴκῳ μου πᾶσαν ὕλην ἀπὸ κεφαλαίου μέχρι ἐλαχίστου τινός , all the furniture in my house from the chief pieces down to the smallest item (Edd.). It may be noted that in P Par 47 .9 (B.C. 152 1) ( = Selections , p. 22) ἐνβέβληκαν ὑμᾶς εἰς ὕλην μεγάλην , Wilcken ( UPZ i. p. 334) understands ὕλη as = mud, slime : cf. ὑλίζω , I filter, strain, in P Lond 46 .71 (iv/A.D.) ( = I. p. 67).

ὕλη ὕ_λη, ἡ, Lat. sylva, a wood, forest, woodland, Hom. , Hdt. , etc.; τὰ δένδρα καὶ ὕλη fruit-trees and "forest-trees", Thuc. : "copse, brushwood", opp. to timber-trees, Xen. "wood cut down, firewood, fuel", Hom. , etc. like Lat. materia, stuff of which a thing is made, "the raw material, wood, timber", Od. , Hdt. in Philosophy, "matter", Arist. "subject matter", id=Arist.

ὕλη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX: Job.19:29 (†) Job.38:40 (סֻכָּה), Psa.69:2 B.l א (יָוֵן), Isa.10:17 (שָׁמִיר), Wis.11:17 15:13, Sir.28:10, 2Ma.2:24, 4Ma.1:29 * ;] __1. wood, forest, woodland (Thus., Xen., al.). __2. wood, timber, fuel (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.): Jas.3:5 (see Hort, Ja., 70, 104 f.). __3. = Lat. materia, esp. in Philosophy, matter (Arist. and later writers; Wis, ll. with).† (AS)