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Strong's G2246 ἥλιος (helios)

Helios means “sun” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2246 — chobab (“Hobab”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2246
Language Greek
Linked Usages 221
Books 47

Strong's G2246 Quick Answer

Strong's G2246 ἥλιος (helios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. helios (hay'-lee-os) n. 1. the sun 2. (by implication) light It has 221 linked Bible usages across 47 books. Visible English usage signals include sun, under, lord, down, and man. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
helios (hay'-lee-os) n. 1. the sun 2. (by implication) light
Usage
221 linked usages
Books
47 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
sun, under, lord, down, and man

Meaning and Definition

helios (hay'-lee-os) n. 1. the sun 2. (by implication) light [from hele "a ray" (perhaps akin to the alternate of G138)] KJV: + east, sun See also: G138

Original Word
ἥλιος
Transliteration
helios
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2246. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

sun

Usage: ἥλιος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶשׁ ;] the sun: with art. (El., § 46, 5), Mat.5:45 13:43 17:2 24:29, Mrk.1:32 4:6 13:24 16:2, Luk.4:40, Act.2:20" (LXX) Act.26:13, Eph.4:26, Jas.1:11, Rev.1:16 6:12 8:12 9:2 10:1 12:1 16:8 19:17 21:23; βλέπειν τὸν ἥ., Act.13:11; οὐδὲ μὴ πέσῃ ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ὁ ἥ., Rev.7:16; without art., Mat.13:6, Luk.21:25 23:45, Act.27:20, 1Co.15:41, Rev.7:2 16:12 22:5.† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

sun under lord down man land before god moon upon jordan day

How Strong's G2246 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 149 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2246 (ἥλιος) appears 199 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2246 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2246 in the New Testament

32 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2246 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

149 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 4:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

Genesis 15:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.

Genesis 15:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.

Strong's G2246 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

32 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G2246 in 1 Enoch

8 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2246.

Genesis 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
Genesis 15:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
Genesis 15:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.
Genesis 19:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun was risen upon the earth, when Lot entered into Zoar.
Genesis 28:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,
Genesis 32:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.
Genesis 37:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence.
Genesis 41:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh called the name of Joseph, Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, to wife.
Genesis 41:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.
Genesis 46:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were sons born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, even Manasseh and Ephraim. And there were sons born to Manasseh, which the Syrian concubine bore to him, even Machir. And Machir begot Gilead. And the sons of Ephraim, the brother of Manasseh; Shuthelah, and Tahan. And the sons of Shuthelah; Eran.
Exodus 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he set over them taskmasters, who should afflict them in their works; and they built strong cities for Pharaoh, both Pithom, and Rameses, and On, which is Heliopolis.
Exodus 16:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they gathered it every morning, each man what he needed, and when the sun waxed hot it melted.
Exodus 17:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands one on this side and the other on that, and the hands of Moses were supported till the going down of the sun.
Exodus 22:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the sun be risen upon him, he is guilty, he shall die instead; and if a thief have nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what he has stolen.
Exodus 22:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou take thy neighbor’s garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before sunset.
Leviticus 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the sun go down, and then he shall be clean; and then shall he eat of all the holy things, for they are his bread.
Numbers 21:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Achalgai, on the farther side in the wilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east.
Numbers 25:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and make them examples of judgment for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel.
Deuteronomy 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and lest having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the heavenly bodies, thou shouldest go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God has distributed to all the nations under heaven.
Deuteronomy 4:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Moses separated three cities beyond Jordan on the east,
Deuteronomy 4:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they inherited his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan eastward.
Deuteronomy 4:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All Arabah beyond Jordan eastward under Asedoth hewn in the rock.
Deuteronomy 11:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lo! are not these beyond Jordan, behind, westward in the land of Canaan, which lies westward near Gilgal, by the high oak?
Deuteronomy 16:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, to have his name called there, thou shalt sacrifice the Passover at even at the setting of the sun, at the time when thou camest out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 17:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they should go and serve other gods, and worship them, the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which he commanded thee not to do,
Deuteronomy 23:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass toward evening he shall wash his body with water, and when the sun has gone down, he shall go into the camp.
Deuteronomy 24:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his garment, and he shall bless thee; and it shall be mercy to thee before the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee.
Deuteronomy 33:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the fruits of the changes of the sun in season, And of the produce of the months,
Joshua 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The wilderness and Antilebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and as far as the extremity of the sea; your coasts shall be from the setting of the sun.
Joshua 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
until the Lord your God shall have given your brethren rest, as also to you, and they also shall have inherited the land, which the Lord your God gives them; then ye shall depart each one to his inheritance, which Moses gave you beyond Jordan eastward.
Joshua 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people went up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month; and the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal in the region eastward from Jericho.
Joshua 8:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he hanged the king of Ai on a gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.
Joshua 10:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day in which the Lord delivered the Amorite into the power of Israel, when he destroyed them in Gibeon, and they were destroyed from before the children of Israel: and Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gibeon, And the moon over against the Valley of Aijalon.
Joshua 10:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sun and the moon stood still, Until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of one day.
Joshua 10:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass toward the setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave into which they had fled for refuge, and rolled stones to the cave, which remain till this day.
Joshua 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel slew, and inherited their land beyond Jordan from the east, from the Valley of Arnon to the mount of Hermon, and all the land of Arabah on the east.
Joshua 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the land of Galiath of the Philistines, and all Lebanon eastward from Baal-gad, under the mountain Hermon as far as the entering in of Hamath;
Joshua 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now divide this land by lot to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 13:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
From Jordan to the great sea westward thou shalt give it them: the great sea shall be the boundary. But to the two tribes and to the half tribe of Manasseh, to Reuben and to Gad Moses gave an inheritance beyond Jordan: Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them eastward,
Joshua 15:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders continue on to the fourth part of the Valley of Achor, and go down to Gilgal, which is before the approach of Adummim, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.
Joshua 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border will go round from Baalah to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Seir behind the city of Jearim northward; this is Chesalon: and it will come down to the city of the Sun, and will go on to the south.
Joshua 19:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it will return westward from Beth-dagon, and will join Zebulun and Ekgai, and Iphtahel northward, and the borders will come to Saphthae-beth-emek, and Neiel, and will go on to Chobamasomel,
Joshua 19:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the coasts will return westward by Aznoth-tabor, and will go out thence to Jacana, and will border on Zebulun southward, and Asher will join it westward, and Jordan eastward.
Joshua 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and some I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward.
Judges 5:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: And they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years.
Judges 9:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in the morning at sunrising, thou shalt rise up early and draw toward the city; and behold, he and the people with him will come forth against thee, and thou shalt do to him according to thy power.
Judges 11:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they journeyed in the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab: and they came by the east of the land of Moab, and encamped in the country beyond Arnon, and came not within the borders of Moab, for Arnon is the border of Moab.
Judges 14:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and Samson said to them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye would not have known my riddle.
Judges 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they passed by and went on, and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which is in Benjamin.
Judges 20:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they cut down Benjamin, and pursued him from Nohah closely till they came opposite Gibeah on the east.
Judges 21:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Lo! now there is a feast of the Lord from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, eastward on the way that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and from the south of Lebonah.
1 Kingdoms 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say to the men of Jabesh, Tomorrow ye shall have deliverance when the sun is hot; and the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabesh, and they rejoiced.
2 Kingdoms 2:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner, and the sun went down: and they went as far as the hill of Ammah, which is in the front of Giah, by the desert way of Gibeon.
2 Kingdoms 3:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the people assembled to weep for him. And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day: and David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I eat bread or anything else before the sun goes down.
2 Kingdoms 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and will give them to thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
2 Kingdoms 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou didst it secretly, but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and before this sun.
2 Kingdoms 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, From the light of which the Lord passed on, And as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.
3 Kingdoms 8:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because thou hast set them apart for an inheritance to thyself out of all the nations of the earth, as thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, when thou broughtest our fathers out of the land of Egypt, O Lord God. He manifested the sun in the heaven: The Lord said he would dwell in darkness: Build thou my house, a beautiful house For thyself to dwell in anew. Behold, is not this written in the book of the song?
3 Kingdoms 22:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land,
4 Kingdoms 3:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they rose early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the waters, and Moab saw the waters on the opposite side red as blood.
4 Kingdoms 10:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
from Jordan eastward all the land of Gilead belonging to the Gadites, of Gad and that of Reuben, and of Manasseh, from Aroer, which is on the brink of the brook of Arnon, and Gilead and Bashan.
4 Kingdoms 23:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he burned the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had appointed (and they burned incense in the high places and in the cities of Judah, and the places round about Jerusalem); and them that burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven.
4 Kingdoms 23:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he burned the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun in the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the treasury of Nathan the king’s eunuch, in the suburbs; and he burned the chariot of the sun with fire.
2 Chronicles 18:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the battle turned in that day; and the king of Israel remained on the chariot against Syria until evening, and died at sunset.
Nehemiah 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Nehemiah 8:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Job 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, Three thousand camels, Five hundred yoke of oxen, Five hundred she-asses in the pastures, And a very great household, And he had a great husbandry on the earth; And that man was most noble of the men of the east.
Job 8:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For it is moist under the sun, And his branch shall come forth out of his dungheap.
Job 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who commands the sun, and it rises not; And he seals up the stars.
Job 31:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
(Do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, And the moon waning? for they have not power to continue):
Psalms 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their voice is gone out into all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.
Psalms 49:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A Psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth From the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.
Psalms 57:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall be destroyed as melted wax: The fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun.
Psalms 71:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall continue as long as the sun, And before the moon forever.
Psalms 71:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let his name be blessed forever: His name shall endure longer than the sun: And all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: All nations shall call him blessed.
Psalms 73:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The day is thine, and the night is thine; Thou hast prepared the sun and the moon.
Psalms 88:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before me;
Psalms 103:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knows his going down.
Psalms 103:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun arises, and they shall be gathered together, And shall lie down in their dens.
Psalms 112:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
From the rising of the sun to his setting, The name of the Lord is to be praised.
Psalms 120:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun shall not burn thee by day, Neither the moon by night.
Psalms 135:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun to rule the day; For his mercy endures forever.
Psalms 148:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Praise him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars and light.
Ecclesiastes 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What advantage is there to a man In all his labor that he takes under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sun arises, and the sun goes down And draws toward its place;
Ecclesiastes 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: And what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: And there is no new thing under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I beheld all the works That were wrought under the sun; And, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I examined whether my heart Would excite my flesh as with wine (Though my heart guided me in wisdom), And I desired to lay hold of mirth, Until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, Which they should do under the sun All the days of their life.
Ecclesiastes 2:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I looked on all my works Which my hands had wrought, And on my labor which I labored to perform: And, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, And there is no advantage under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I hated life; Because the work that was wrought under the sun Was evil before me: For all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I hated the whole of my labor Which I took under the sun; Because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
Ecclesiastes 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? And whether he will have power over all my labor In which I labored, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I went about to dismiss from my heart All my labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For it happens to a man in all his labor, And in the purpose of his heart Wherein he labors under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, There was the ungodly one; And the place of righteousness, There was the godly one.
Ecclesiastes 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I returned, And saw all the oppressions That were done under the sun: And behold the tear of the oppressed, And they had no comforter; And on the side of them that oppressed them was power; But they had no comforter:
Ecclesiastes 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Better also than both these Is he who has not yet been, Who has not seen all the evil work That is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I beheld all the living Who were walking under the sun, With the second youth Who shall stand up in each one’s place.
Ecclesiastes 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, Namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing for a man To eat and to drink, And to see good In all his labor in Which he may labor under the sun, All the number of the days of his life Which God has given to him: For it is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, And it is abundant with man:
Ecclesiastes 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known rest: There is no more rest to this one than another.
Ecclesiastes 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What advantage has a man? For who knows what is good for a man in his life, During the number of the life of the days of his vanity? And he has spent them as a shadow; For who shall tell a man What shall be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: And there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I saw all this, And I applied my heart to every work That has been done under the sun; All the things wherein man has power Over man to afflict him.
Ecclesiastes 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I praised mirth, Because there is no good for a man under the sun, But to eat, and drink, and be merry: And this shall attend him In his labor all the days of his life, Which God has given him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 8:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I beheld all the works of God, That a man shall not be able to discover The work which is wrought under the sun; Whatsoever things a man shall endeavor to seek, However a man may labor to seek it, Yet he shall not find it; Yea, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, He shall not be able to find it: For I applied all this to my heart, And my heart has seen all this.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, That there is one event to all: Yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, And madness is in their heart during their life, And after that they go to the dead.
Ecclesiastes 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also their love, and their hatred, And their envy, have now perished; Yea, there is no portion for them anymore forever In all that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And see life with the wife whom thou lovest All the days of the life of thy vanity, Which are given thee under the sun: For that is thy portion in thy life, And in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I returned, and saw under the sun, That the race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor yet bread to the wise, Nor yet wealth to men of understanding, Nor yet favor to men of knowledge; For time and chance will happen to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This I also saw to be wisdom under the sun, And it is great before me:
Ecclesiastes 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, Wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.
Ecclesiastes 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover the light is sweet, And it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While the sun and light are not darkened, Nor the moon and the stars; Nor the clouds return after the rain:
Song of Solomon 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Look not upon me, because I am dark, Because the sun has looked unfavorably upon me: My mother’s sons strove with me; They made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard.
Song of Solomon 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who is this that looks forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, choice as the sun, Terrible as armies set in array?
Isaiah 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but still his hand is exalted.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2246, grouped by book.

Genesis 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 33 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 5 usages, New Testament
Mark 4 usages, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
Acts 4 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 13 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 11 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 8 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2246 FAQ

What does helios (ἥλιος) mean?

Helios (Strong's G2246) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sun". helios (hay'-lee-os) n. 1. the sun 2. (by implication) light

How many times is helios (ἥλιος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 221 linked usages for Strong's G2246 across 47 books.

Where can I study helios (ἥλιος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2246 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate helios (ἥλιος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sun, under, lord, down, man, and land. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2246 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 149 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 32 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 8 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2246, with linked reader references where each row is available.