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Strong's #5208 - ὕλη
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- a forest, a wood
- felled wood, fuel
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ὕλη [ῡ], ἡ, forest, woodland, Il. 11.155, Od. 17.316, Ephesians 3:5, etc.; γῆν.. δασέαν ὕλῃ παντοίῃ Hdt. 4.21; ἀπ' ὕλης ἀγρίης ζώειν Id. 1.203; ὕλα ἀεργός virgin forest, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.167 (Cyrene); τὰ δένδρα καὶ ὕλη fruit-trees and forest-trees, Th. 4.69 (cf. δένδρον); not only of forest-trees, but also of copse, brushwood, undergrowth (cf. ὕλημα), directly opp. to timber-trees, X. An. 1.5.1, Oec. 16.13, 17.12, PSI 6.577.8 (iii B. C.), Sor. 1.40: also in pl., h.Cer. 386, Hecat. 291 J., Mosch. 3.88, Plb. 5.7.10, D.S. 3.48, D.H. Th. 6, Str. 5.1.12, 15.1.60, Plu. Pyrrh. 25, Cat. Ma. 21, Comp.Cim. Lu 3, Luc. Prom. 12, Sacr. 10, Am. 12, Babr. 12.2, al., Nonn. D. 3.69, 252, 16.91, 36.70, etc.
II wood cut down, Od. 5.257 (cf. III); firewood, fuel, Il. 7.418, 23.50, 111, al., Od. 9.234, Hdt. 4.164, 6.80; brushwood, Id. 7.36, Th. 2.75, etc.; timber, ὕ. ναυπηγησίμη Pl. Lg. 705c; ϝαυπηγήσιμος καὶ οἰκοδομική Thphr. HP 5.7.1, cf. IG 42(1).102.50 (Epid., iv B. C.); also, twigs for birds' nests, Arist. HA 559a2.
III the stuff of which a thing is made, material, (perh. so of wood), Od. 5.257; rarely of other material, as metal, οἱ παρ' ἄκμονι.. ὕλην ἄψυχον δημιουργοῦντες Plu. 2.802b (cf. S. Fr. 844, but ὕλη is Plutarch's word): generally, materials, PMasp. 151.91 (vi A. D.).
2. in Philosophy, matter, first in Arist. (Ti.Locr. 93b, al. is later); defined as τὸ ὑποκείμενον γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς δεκτικόν, GC 320a2; as τὸ ἐζ οὗ γίγνεται, Metaph. 1032a17; οὐσία ἥ τε ὕ. καὶ τὸ εἶδος καὶ τὸ ἐκ τούτων ib.1035a2; opp. as δυνάμει τόδε τι to τόδε τι ἐνεργεία, ib. 1042a27; opp. ἐντελέχεια, ib.1038b6: in later philosoph. writers, mostly opp. to the intelligent and formative principle (νοῦς), Procl. Inst. 72, etc.; ὕ. τῶν ἀριθμῶν Iamb. Comm.Math. 4.
3. matter for a poem or treatise, ὕ. τραγική, ποιητικαὶ ὗλαι, Plb. 2.16.14, Longin. 13.4, cf. 43.1, Vett.Val. 172.1, etc.; ἡ ὑποκειμένη ὕ. the subject- matter, Arist. EN 1094b12, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.124 S.
4. ὕ. ἰατρική materia medica, Dsc.tit.; so ὕλη alone, materia medica, Id. 1 Prooem., Gal. 17(2).181; ὗλαι τῆς τέχνης ibid., cf. 6.77, Sor. 1.83, 110, 2.15, 28; ἡ ὕ. τῶν ὁπλομαχικῶν ἐνεργειῶν Gal. 6.157. ἡ μέση ὕλη the middle range of diet, Sor. 1.46, 2.15; τροφιμωτέρα ὕλη Id. 1.95, cf. 36.
5. pl., material resources, βασιλικαὶ ὗλαι Ph. 1.640.
sediment, Ar. Fr. 879, cf. Sch. Ar. Pl. 1086, 1088 (hence ὑλίζω (ἀφ-, δι-), ὑλώδης 11); mud, slime, UPZ 70.9 (ii B. C.); ὕλῃ, ὕλει, and ἰλυῖ are cj. for ὕδει in Thgn. 961.
2. matter excreted from the human body, Sor. 1.22, 23, 25, al.; ἡ ὕ. τῶν ἐμπυημάτων Gal. 18(2).256; phlegm, catarrh, PMed. in Arch.Pap. 4.270 (iii A. D.).
ὕλη, ὕλης, ἡ, a forest, a wood; felled wood, fuel: James 3:5. (From Homer down; the Sept..)
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ὕλη , -ης , ἡ ,
[in LXX: Job 19:29 (†) Job 38:40 (H5521), Psalms 69:2 B.l א (H3121), Isaiah 10:17 (H8068), Wisdom of Solomon 11:17; Wisdom of Solomon 15:13, Sirach 28:10, 2 Maccabees 2:24, 4 Maccabees 1:29*;]
1. wood, forest, woodland (Thus., Xen., al.).
2. wood, timber, fuel (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.): James 3:5 (v. Hort, Ja., 70, 104 f.).
3. = Lat. materia, esp. in Philosophy, matter (Arist. and later writers; Wis, ll. c.).†
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";high"; : BGU IV. 1185.21 (B.C. 94–93?) γεωμετρίαν δύσβροχον δ [ι ]ὰ τὸ λείαν ὑψηλὴν εἶναι, cf height above the water level, P Thead 16.6 (after A.D. 307) ἐν ὑψηλοῖς τόποις. The referer.ee is to bodily height in P Flor II. 142.5 (A.D. 264) ὄνους δύο θηλείας ὑψηλάς, ";two tall female asses."; MGr ψηλός, ";high.";
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