- Original: ὕλη - Transliteration: Hule - Phonetic: hoo-lay' - Definition: 1. a forest, a wood 2. felled wood, fuel - Origin: perhaps akin to G3586 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Perhaps akin to G3586 ; a forest that is (by implication) fuel: - matter. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • matter, 1 Jam 3:5