Hail
χάλαζαStrong’s G5464chalaza
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chalaza is the Greek word usually translated “hail”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.”
Meaning
Usually translated “hail”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hail 3
- a hail 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 11:19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
- Revelation 16:21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
Greek dictionary
χάλαζα chalaza · hail
χάλαζα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for בָּרָד ;] hail: Rev.8:7 11:19 16:21.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hail” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HAIL, noun
Masses of ice or frozen vapor, falling from the clouds in showers or storms. These masses consist of little spherules united, but not all of the same consistence; some being as hard and solid as perfect ice; others soft, like frozen snow. Hailstones assume various figures; some are round, others angular, others pyramidical, others flat, and sometimes they are stellated with six radii, like crystals of snow.
All definitions and other forms of “hail”
HAIL, verb intransitive
To pour down masses of ice or frozen vapors.
HAIL, verb transitive
To pour.
HAIL, adjective
[Gr. whole.]
Sound; whole; healthy; not impaired by disease; as a hail body; hail corn. [In this sense, it is usually written hale.]
HAIL, noun
A wish of health; a salutation. This word is sometimes used as a noun; as, the angel hail bestowed.
HAIL, verb transitive
[Latin calo. See Call and Heal.]
To call; to call to a person at a distance, to arrest his attention. It is properly used in any case where the person accosted is distant, but is appropriately used by seamen. Hoa or hoi, the ship ahoay, is the usual manner of hailing; to which the answer is holloa, or hollo. Then follow the usual questions, whence came ye? where are you bound? etc.
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.