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Lexicon :: Strong's G2985 - lampas

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λαμπάς
Transliteration
lampas (Key)
Pronunciation
lam-pas'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:16,497

Trench's Synonyms: xlvi. φῶς, φέγγος, φωστήρ, λύχνος, λαμπάς.

Strong’s Definitions

λαμπάς lampás, lam-pas'; from G2989; a "lamp" or flambeau:—lamp, light, torch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G2985 in the following manner: lamp (7x), torch (1x), light (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G2985 in the following manner: lamp (7x), torch (1x), light (1x).

  1. a torch

  2. a lamp, the flame of which is fed with oil

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λαμπάς lampás, lam-pas'; from G2989; a "lamp" or flambeau:—lamp, light, torch.
STRONGS G2985:
λαμπάς, λαμπάδος, ἡ (λάμπω, cf. our lamp) (from Aeschylus and Thucydides down), the Sept. for לַפִּיד;
1. a torch: Revelation 4:5 (where A. V. lamps); Revelation 8:10.
2. a lamp, the flame of which is fed with oil: Matthew 25:1, 3f, 7; John 18:3; Acts 20:8. (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xlvi.; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 455ff; Becker, Charicles, Sc. ix. (English translation, p. 163).)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
25:1; 25:3; 25:7
John
18:3
Acts
20:8
Revelation
4:5; 8:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2985 matches the Greek λαμπάς (lampas),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 -

Now it happened that the sun had set, and it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 -

And all the people perceived the [fn]thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and the people perceived it, and they shook and stood at a distance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - And he divided the 300 men into three [fn]companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - Then the three [fn]companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, and they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing and called out, “A sword for Yahweh and for Gideon!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - So Samson went and caught 300 foxes and took torches and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 - Then he set fire to the torches and sent [fn]the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines. So he caused both the shocks and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and groves, to burn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19 -

“Out of its mouth go burning torches;

Sparks of fire [fn]leap forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 -

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,

Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,

And her salvation like a torch that is burning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - [fn]As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, [fn]like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning was [fn]flashing from the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:5 -

Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand came out and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the [fn]back of the hand that did the writing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body also was like [fn]beryl, his face [fn]had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4 -

The chariots race madly in the streets;

They rush wildly in the [fn]squares;

Their appearance is like torches;

They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 -

“In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a fiery laver among pieces of wood and a fiery torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem will again be inhabited in its own place—in Jerusalem.

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