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Strong's #5464 - χάλαζα
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χάλαζ-α [ χᾰ], ης, ἡ,
hail (cf. Pl. Ti. 59e, Arist. Mu. 394b1), ὄμβρον.. ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν Il. 10.6, cf. 15.170, Revelation 8:7, etc.: pl., X. Oec. 5.18, Pl. Smp. 188b, R. 397a; χ. στρογγύλαι hailstones, Ar. Nu. 1127 (troch.); ἀπὸ τῶν χαλαζῶν.. ἄπαγε σεαυτόν Id. Ra. 852: metaph., any pelting shower, ὀμβρία χ. S. OC 1503; χ. αἵματος Pi. I. 7(6).27.
II any small knot like a hailstone,
1 pimple or tubercle in the flesh of swine, Arist. HA 603b18, Pr. 963b34, Androsth. ap. Ath. 3.93c.
2. small cyst, such as grows on the eyelid, Gal. 19.437, Poll. 4.198, etc.
3. a knot or hard lump; in an egg, Arist. HA 560a28; in coal, Thphr. Sign. 25; in ivory, Philostr. VA 2.13; λίθοι χαλάζης crystals, 1 Enoch 14.9,10. (Cf. Sloven. žled, Little Russian oželeda 'sleet, ice'.)
χάλαζα, χαλάζης, ἡ (χαλάω, which see (so Etym. Magn. 805, 1; but Curtius (sec. 181) says certainly has nothing to do with it)), from Homer down, the Sept. for בָּרָד, hail: Revelation 8:7; Revelation 11:19; Revelation 16:21.
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χάλαζα , -ης , ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for H1259;]
hail: Revelation 8:7; Revelation 11:19; Revelation 16:21.†
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";a piece of land,"; ";a field"; : P Hal I. 1.85 (mid. iii/B.C.) ἐάν τι ]ς ὀφρύγην [παρὰ ] ἀλλότριον χω [ρίον οἰ ]κοδομῆι, τὸν [ὅρον μὴ π ]αραφαινέτω, P Oxy VI. 985 (2nd half i/A.D.) εἰς τὸ ἀπηλιωτικὸν χῶμα τοῦ χωρίου, ib. VIII. 1141.6 (iii/A.D.) τὰ κατεπείγοντα ἄλ ̣(λα) ἔργ (α) χωρ (ίου) Γαϊανοῦ, ";the other pressing work at the farmstead of Gaianus"; (Ed.), ib. IX. 1220.23 (iii/A.D.) ̣π ̣ε ̣ρ ̣ι, τω ̣ν χωρίων, ἐὰν παραγένῃ σὺν θεῷ, μαθήσι τὴν διάθεσιν αὐτῶν, ";about the fields, if you come, D.V., you will learn their condition"; (Ed.), P Lond 214.9 (A.D. 270–275) ( = II. p. 161, Chrest. I. p. 209) γενόμενος εἰς ἀμπελικὸν χωρίον καλόυμενον Ἐλαιῶνα, and Syll 429 ( = .3911).20 (B.C. 300–250) ἐπισκοπῶνται τά τε χωρία εἰ γεωργεῖται κατὰ τὰς συνθήκας : cf. Preisigke 1973, a list of place names on ostraca from Oxyrhynchus—3 ff. χωρίον Ἀνδρ (έου), χωρίον Παρορίου, al.
For the use of ";local"; plants for magical purposes cf. P OslI. 1.238 (iv/A.D.) κρέμασον εἰς κάλαμον χωρίου, ";suspend it (sc. a frog) on a reed taken from the spot,"; with the editor’s note.
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