UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: the sun

Semantic entry: 1.28

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Heavenly Bodies

Definition: the large celestial body that gives warmth and light to earth in the daytime

Notes: Translators have relatively few difficulties in obtaining a satisfactory term for the sun, though there may be a tendency in some languages to add some kind of honorific title to the word, for example, ‘our father the sun.’ Translators’ problems occur, however, with verbs describing the action or effect of the sun. For example, in RV MAT 13:6 · LV MAT 13:6 · Read together MAT 13:6, instead of speaking of ‘the sun rising,’ it may be more satisfactory to speak of ‘the sun shining’ or, in this particular context, possibly ‘when the sun was overhead’ or ‘by the time the sun had reached the sky.’ In RV MRK 13:24 · LV MRK 13:24 · Read together MRK 13:24 one can perhaps best render the meaning as ‘the sun will no longer shine’ or ‘… will cease shining.’