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Lexicon :: Strong's G3087 - lychnia

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λυχνία
Transliteration
lychnia (Key)
Pronunciation
lookh-nee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:324,542

Strong’s Definitions

λυχνία lychnía, lookh-nee'-ah; from G3088; a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively):—candlestick.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G3087 in the following manner: candlestick (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G3087 in the following manner: candlestick (12x).

  1. a (candlestick) lamp stand, candelabrum

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λυχνία lychnía, lookh-nee'-ah; from G3088; a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively):—candlestick.
STRONGS G3087:
λυχνία, λυχνίας, ἡ, a later Greek word for the earlier λυχνίον, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 313f; (Wetstein (1752) on Matthew 5:15; Winers Grammar, 24); the Sept. for מְנורָה; a (candlestick) lampstand, candelabrum: Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 8:16; (Luke 11:33); Hebrews 9:2; the two eminent prophets who will precede Christ's return from heaven in glory are likened to 'candlesticks,' Revelation 11:4 (Buttmann, 81 (70); Winer's Grammar, 536 (499)); to the seven 'candlesticks' (Exodus 25:37 (A. V. lamps; cf. B. D. (especially the American edition), under the word )) also the seven more conspicuous churches of Asia are compared in Revelation 1:12f, 20; Revelation 2:1; κινεῖν τήν λυχνίαν τίνος (ἐκκλησίας) ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς, to move a church out of the place which it has hitherto held among the churches; to take it out of the number of churches, remove it altogether, Revelation 2:5.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
25:37
Matthew
5:15; 5:15
Mark
4:21
Luke
8:16; 11:33
Hebrews
9:2
Revelation
1:12; 1:20; 2:1; 2:5; 11:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3087 matches the Greek λυχνία (lychnia),
which occurs 31 times in 28 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be [fn]of one piece.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers [fn]of the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, and the candlestick opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle; and thou shalt put the table on the north side of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27 - and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - and the altars, and the table and all its furniture,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - and the candlestick for the light and all its furniture,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - (LXX 38:13) And he made the candlestick which gives light, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - (LXX 39:16) And they made the anointing oil, and the incense of composition, and the pure candlestick,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - and thou shalt bring in the table and shalt set forth [fn]that which is to be set forth on it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - Ye shall burn the lamps on the pure lamp-stand before the Lord till the morrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the candlestick that gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the vessels of oil with which they minister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him, Whenever thou shalt set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron did so: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its lamps, as the Lord appointed Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - And this is the [fn]construction of the candlestick: it is solid, golden—its stem, and its lilies—all solid: according to the pattern which the Lord shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - (LXX 7:35) And he put the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, being of [fn]pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the [fn]snuffers of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us now make for him an upper chamber, a small place; and let us put there for him a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall come to pass that when he comes in to us, he shall [fn]turn in thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - He gave him the weight of the candlesticks, and of the lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - And he made the ten golden candlesticks according to their pattern, and he put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - also the candlesticks, and the lamps to give light according to the pattern, and in front of the oracle, of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - they sacrifice to the Lord whole-burnt-offering, morning and evening, and compound incense, and set the shewbread on the pure table; and there is the golden candlestick, and the lamps for burning, to light in the evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord God of our fathers; but ye have forsaken him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - and the basons, and the snuffers, and the oil-funnels, and the candlesticks, and the censers, and the cups, the golden, of gold, and the silver, of silver, the captain of the guard took away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - And I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the candlestick?
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