G5208
ὕλη
forest
ὕλη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX: Job.19:29 (†) Job.38:40 (סֻכָּה), Psa.69:2 B.l א (יָוֵן), Isa.10:17 (שָׁמִיר), Wis.11:17 15:13, Sir.28:10, 2Ma.2:24, 4Ma.1:29 * ;] __1. wood, forest, woodland (Thus., Xen., al.). __2. wood, timber, fuel (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.): Jas.3:5 (see Hort, Ja., 70, 104 f.). __3. = Lat. materia, esp. in Philosophy, matter (Arist. and later writers; Wis, ll. with).† (AS)
The KJV translates G5208 in the following manner:
matter (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ὕλη — hýlē
ὕλη, ὕλης, ἡ, a forest, a wood; felled wood, fuel: Jas 3:5. (From Homer down; the Sept..)
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