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ὕλη

MainId: 005099000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: υ

StrongCodes: G5208

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 005099001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ὕλη
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ης
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'διϋλίζω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 005099001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 3.3
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Plants
  LEXSubDomains: Trees
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-04-19 07:43:59
    DefinitionShort: a dense growth of trees covering a relatively large area
    Glosses: forest
    Comments: In {S:05900300500030} it is also possible to interpret ὕλη as wood which has been cut up, either firewood or wood used for construction (see ὕλη[b] wood, pile of wood, {D:3.64}).|In some languages spoken by people living in tropical forest areas the equivalent of ‘forest’ is simply the expression ‘where no one lives,’ based upon the fact that people live in clearings and everything else is forest. Such a rendering, however, may not lead to a satisfactory translation of {S:05900300500030} (the only occurrence of ὕλη in the NT), in which case one is better advised to interpret ὕλη in the sense of ‘pile of wood’ ({D:3.64}).
  LEXReferences: YAC 3:5
2. LEXID: 005099001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 3.64
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Plants
  LEXSubDomains: Wood and Wood Products
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-04-19 07:43:59
    DefinitionShort: the woody part of trees or bushes
    Glosses: ['wood', 'pile of wood']
    Comments: In {S:05900300500030} ὕλη may be interpreted as a forest (see {D:3.3}).|As already noted in the case of {L:ξύλον}[a] ({D:3.60}), a number of languages make a distinction between wood used as building material and wood employed in heating or cooking.
  LEXReferences: YAC 3:5