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ὕλη

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ὕλη, ης, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
hylē
Simplified transliteration: 
hyle
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5208
GK Number: 
5627
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1b
Gloss: 
forest, wood
Definition: 
wood, a forest;, in NT firewood, a mass of fuel, Jas. 3:5*

Greek-English Concordance for ὕλη

James 3:5 So also is the tongue a small member, yet it boasts of great things. See how large a forest (hylēn | ὕλην | acc sg fem) is set on fire by such a small flame.