Bowl
φιάληStrong’s G5357phialē
Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phialē is the Greek word usually translated “bowl” and “bowls”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.”
Meaning
Usually translated “bowl” and “bowls”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- bowl 7
- bowls 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 12
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 15:7And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
- Revelation 16:1And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
- Revelation 16:2And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
- Revelation 16:3And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
- Revelation 16:4And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
- Revelation 16:8And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
Greek dictionary
φιάλη phialē · bowl
φιάλη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for מִזְרָק ;] a shallow bowl (= Lat. patera), used for pouring libations, etc.: Rev.5:8 15:7 16:1-17 17:1 21:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bowl” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BOWL, noun
[In Latin, vola is the hollow of the hand.]
- A concave vessel to hold liquors, rather wide than deep, and thus distinguished from a cup, which is rather deep than wide.
- The hollow part of any thing; as the bowl of a spoon.
- A basin; a fountain.
All definitions and other forms of “bowl”
BOWL, noun
A ball of wood used for play on a level plat of ground.
BOWL, verb intransitive
To play with bowls, or at bowling.
BOWL, verb transitive
To roll as a bowl; also, to pelt with any thing rolled.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.