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Strong's G5208 · Greek

ὕλη

hule · hoo-lay'

perhaps akin to 3586; a forest, i.e. (by implication) fuel


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὕλη (G5208)

1 ὕλη , -ης, ἡ [in LXX: Jb 19:29 (†) 38:40 ( סֻכָּה ), Ps 68 (69):2 B l א ( יָוֵן ), Is 10:17 ( שָׁמִיר ), Wi 11:17 15:13 , Si 28:10 , II Mac 2:24 , IV Mac 1:29 * ;] wood, forest, woodland (Thuc., Xen., al.). wood, timber, fuel (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.): Ja 3:5 (v. Hort, Ja. , 70, 104 f.). = Lat. materia , esp. in Philosophy, matter (Arist. and later writers; Wi, ll. c.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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