What does φιάλη (phiálē) mean in the Bible?
φιάλη (phiálē) is a Greek word meaning "a broad shallow cup ("phial")".
Greek · G5357
φιάλη
A broad shallow cup ("phial")
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φιάλη G5357
Pronunciation phiálē
What does φιάλη (phiálē) mean in the Bible?
φιάλη (phiálē) is a Greek word meaning "a broad shallow cup ("phial")".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5357?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bowl (7), bowls (5).
Where does φιάλη (phiálē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 5:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (12).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It bowl 7× Revelation 16:2, Revelation 16:3, Revelation 16:4, Revelation 16:8
bowls 5× Revelation 5:8, Revelation 15:7, Revelation 16:1, Revelation 17:1
Show sample aligned rows
Revelation 5:8 φιάλας to bowls Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 15:7 φιάλας to bowls Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 16:1 φιάλας to bowls Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 16:2 φιάλην to bowl Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 16:3 φιάλην to bowl Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 16:4 φιάλην to bowl Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 16:8 φιάλην to bowl Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 16:10 φιάλην to bowl Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 16:12 φιάλην to bowl Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 16:17 φιάλην to bowl Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 5:8
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 1
Revelation 12
Source forms
φιάλην 7x phialēn Revelation 16:2, Revelation 16:3, Revelation 16:4, Revelation 16:8
φιάλας 5x phialas Revelation 5:8, Revelation 15:7, Revelation 16:1, Revelation 17:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 7x Revelation 16:2, Revelation 16:3, Revelation 16:4, Revelation 16:8
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 5x Revelation 5:8, Revelation 15:7, Revelation 16:1, Revelation 17:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a broad shallow cup ("phial")
Strong's G5357
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Greek text appearances 12 times Word forms 2 forms 12 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a broad shallow cup ("phial")
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 5:8 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
φιάλας fialav
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 15:7 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
φιάλας fialav
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 16:1 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
φιάλας fialav
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 16:2 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
φιάλην fialhn
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 16:3 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
φιάλην fialhn
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 16:4 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
φιάλην fialhn
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 16:8 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
φιάλην fialhn
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 16:10 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
φιάλην fialhn
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 16:12 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
φιάλην fialhn
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 16:17 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
φιάλην fialhn
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 17:1 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
φιάλας, fialav
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verse Revelation 21:9 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
φιάλας fialav
a shallow and flat bowl
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 12 Case pattern Accusative (12) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rev 16:2 · Rev 16:3 · Rev 16:4 · Rev 16:8 · Rev 16:10 · Rev 16:12 · Rev 16:17 7×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rev 5:8 · Rev 15:7 · Rev 16:1 · Rev 17:1 · Rev 21:9 5×
Word Origins
φιάλη is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain