φιάληphiálē
a broad shallow cup ("phial")
Greek (New Testament) · G5357
Meanings
a shallow bowl (= Lat. patera), used for pouring libations, etc.: Revelation 5:8, Revelation 15:7, Revelation 16:1-17, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 21:9.
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Revelation 5:8 And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
- Revelation 15:7 Then one of the four living beings handed each of the seven angels a gold bowl filled with the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
- Revelation 16:1 Then I heard a mighty voice from the Temple say to the seven angels, “Go your ways and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.”
- Revelation 16:2 So the first angel left the Temple and poured out his bowl on the earth, and horrible, malignant sores broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue.
- Revelation 16:3 Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse. And everything in the sea died.
- Revelation 16:4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs, and they became blood.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.