ὕλη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX: Jb 19:29 (†) 38:40 (סֻכָּה), Ps 68 (69):2 Blא(יָוֵן), Is 10:17 (שָׁמִיר), Wi 11:17 15:13, Si 28:10, II Mac 2:24, IV Mac 1:29 *;]
1. wood, forest, woodland (Thuc., Xen., al.).
2. wood, timber, fuel (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.): Ja 3:5 (v. Hort, Ja., 70, 104 f.).
3. = Lat. materia, esp. in Philosophy, matter (Arist. and later writers; Wi, ll. c.).†