1. bowl, libation vessel — The Greek noun φιάλη denoting a broad, shallow bowl or cup used for libations and offerings, employed in Revelation exclusively for the golden bowls of incense holding the prayers of the saints (Rev 5:8) and the seven bowls of God's wrath poured out upon the earth (Rev 15:7, 16:1-17, 17:1, 21:9). All 12 NT occurrences carry the same referential meaning. S78569 (7x, accusative feminine singular 'bowl') and S78570 (5x, accusative feminine plural 'bowls') differ only in grammatical number. Translations confirm a single sense: Spanish 'copa/copas,' Arabic 'جامة/جامات,' Hindi 'कटोरा/कटोरे,' Korean '대접/대접들,' Swahili 'bakuli/vitasa.' 12×
AR["جاماتٌ","جاماتٍ","جاماتِ","جامَهُ"]·ben["পাত্র","পেয়ালাসমূহ"]·DE["Schale"]·EN["bowl","bowls"]·FR["coupe"]·heb["הַ-קְּעָרוֹת","הַקְּעָרוֹת","קְעָרָתוֹ","קְעָרוֹת"]·HI["कटोरा","कटोरे","कटोरों-को"]·ID["cawan"]·IT["coppa"]·jav["bokor"]·KO["대접들-을","대접들을","대접을"]·PT["taça","taças"]·RU["чаш","чаши","чашу"]·ES["copa","copas"]·SW["bakuli","bakuli,","vitasa"]·TR["taslar","tasları","tasını"]·urd["پیالہ","پیالے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
φῐάλη [ᾰ], ἡ, bowl or pan used as a saucepan for boiling liquids, ἀμφίθετος φ. ἀπύρωτος Refs 8th c.BC+; also used as a cinerary urn, [ὀστέα] ἐν χρυσεῃ φ. καὶ δίπλακι δημῷ θείομεν Refs __2 after Refs 8th c.BC+, broad, fiat bowl or saucer for drinking or pouring libations, φιάλας τε καὶ ἄλλα ἐκπώματα Refs 5th c.BC+; of gold, NT+5th c.BC+; of silver, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀργυρηλάτους χρυσέας τε φ. Refs…