What does ἧλος (hēlos) mean in the Bible?
ἧλος (hēlos): A nail; specifically the implement piercing Christ's hands and feet during crucifixion.
Greek · G2247
ἧλος
Nail
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ἧλοςG2247
Pronunciationhēlos
What does ἧλος (hēlos) mean in the Bible?
ἧλος (hēlos): A nail; specifically the implement piercing Christ's hands and feet during crucifixion.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2247?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include nail (1), nails [have been] (1).
Where does ἧλος (hēlos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 20:25. Its strongest book concentrations include John (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itnail1×John 20:25
nails [have been]1×John 20:25
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 20:25
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
John2
Source forms
ἥλων2xhēlōnJohn 20:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural2xJohn 20:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A nail; specifically the implement piercing Christ's hands and feet during crucifixion.
Strong'sG2247
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
nail
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A nail; specifically the implement piercing Christ's hands and feet during crucifixion.
a nail: Jhn.20:25.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 20:25Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἥλων,hlwn
a nail
Read verseJohn 20:25Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἥλων,hlwn
a nail
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · MasculineJohn 20:252×
Word Origins
ἧλος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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