Word Summary
hylē: wood, timber, forest
Original Word: ὕληTransliteration: hylē
Phonetic Spelling: (hoo-lay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: wood, timber, forest
Meaning: wood, timber, forest
Strong's Concordance
a forest, wood, timber
Perhaps akin to xulon; a forest, i.e. (by implication) fuel -- matter. 
see GREEK xulon 
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5208: ὕληὕλη, 
ὕλης, 
ἡ, 
a forest, a wood; felled wood, fuel: 
James 3:5. (From 
Homer down; the 
Sept..)