ὕλη
hulē
G5208
G:N-F
Greek
forest
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Greek
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Hule denotes a forest depicted as material that a great fire can set ablaze.
The attested use denotes a forest in the image of a great fire setting it ablaze in James 3:5.
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A forest set ablaze by fire · dominant
In James 3:5, the accusative singular feminine form occurs in the statement about how great a fire sets ablaze how great a forest; the APB renders the clause, "how great a fire sets ablaze how great a forest."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In James 3:5, the APB presents the term within the image of a great fire setting ablaze a "forest." The verse is read as a whole, but its clause confirms the verse's forest-and-fire imagery.