Quick Definition
a shallow and flat bowl
Strong's Definition
a broad shallow cup ("phial")
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: vial
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιάλη, φιαλης, ἡ, from Homer down, the Sept. for ξΔζΐψΘχ, a broad, shallow bowl, deep saucer (Dict. of Antiq. under the word Patera; B. D. American edition under the word, Vial): Rev_5:8; Rev_15:7; Rev_16:1-4; Rev_16:8; Rev_16:10; Rev_16:12; Rev_16:17; Rev_17:1; Rev_21:9.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φιάλη phialē 12x
a bowl, shallow cup, Rev_5:8 ; Rev_15:7 ; Rev_16:1-4 bowl.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φιάλη , -ης , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4219 ;]
a shallow bowl ( = Lat. patera ), used for pouring libations, etc.: Rev_5:8 ; Rev_15:7 ; Rev_16:1-17 ; Rev_17:1 ; Rev_21:9 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φιάλη [page 668]
bowl. The Attic spelling φιάλη , which the LXX and the NT (Rev. 5:8, al. ) retain instead of the Hellenistic φιέλη , is found also in the Κοινή , e.g. P Cairo Zen I. 59021 .16 (B.C. 258) φιάλα̣ς̤ τοῦδ̣ε̣ μ̣ε ο̣ὐ̣κ̣ ἐ̣ῶντος δέχεσθαι , P Tebt I. 6 .27 (B.C. 140 139) φιάλας καί ποτήρια , bowls and cups, P Oxy III. 521 .17 (ii/A.D.) φιάλη χαλκῆ , P Fay 127 .9 (ii/iii A.D.) ἔπεμψα ὑμῖν γ̄ [ζεύ ]γη φιαλῶν , I have sent you three pairs of bowls, and P Oxy VI. 937 .12 (iii/A.D.) τῆς φιάλης τῆς λιθίνης , the stone bowl. In PSI IV. 306 .8 (ii/iii A.D.) ἑκάστης φιάλλης ( l. φιάλης ) the reference is to a cistern.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φιάλη φιά^λη, ἡ, "a broad, flat vessel, a bowl", used to boil liquids in, Il. ; used as "a cinerary urn", id=Il. after Hom. "a broad, flat bowl" for drinking or pouring libations, Lat. patera, Hdt. , attic [Etym: deriv. uncertain]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φιάλη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for מִזְרָק ;]
a shallow bowl (= Lat. patera), used for pouring libations, etc.: Rev.5:8 15:7 16:1-17 17:1 21:9.†
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