ἧλος
hēlos · G2247 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Thing
- Nail, spikeCarpenter6 verses
Meanings
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nail, spike
A thin piece of metal (usually iron) sharpened on one end (in the NT used only in connection with nails employed in the crucifixion)
ExamplesJohn 20:25 So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- τύποςpattern, example, mark 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- מַסְמֵר maçmêr · H4548 · nail
- The Hebrew noun מַסְמֵר (masmer) is the standard term for a nail or spike used in construction and fastening, the direct translation equivalent of Greek ἧλος in contexts like Ecclesiastes 12:11 (nails/pegs) and the crucifixion narrative vocabulary.
- יָתֵד yâthêd · H3489 · peg, trowel, shovel
- The Hebrew noun יָתֵד (yathed) refers to a peg or stake, often for tent fastening but also more generally for nails and spikes; it overlaps substantially with ἧλος in the semantic space of fastening implements.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Nail, spike6.22
- In John 20:25, Thomas says, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails... I will not believe,” naming this pointed metal fastener.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἠλου, ὁ, a nail: Jn 20:25. ((From Homer on.)).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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