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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, , 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 -

“You are to make a lampstand out of pure, hammered gold. It is to be made of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its buds[fn] and petals.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 -

“Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 -

“There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on the next branch. It is to be this way for the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 -

“There are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its buds and petals.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 -

“For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches from it, a bud under the second pair of branches from it, and a bud under the third pair of branches from it.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 -

“Place the table outside the curtain and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table; put the table on the north side.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27 -

“the table with all its utensils, the lampstand with its utensils, the altar of incense,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 -

“the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 -

“the lampstand for light with its utensils and lamps as well as the oil for the light;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 -

Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold. He made it all of one piece: its base and shaft, its ornamental cups, and its buds and petals.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 -

the pure gold lampstand, with its lamps arranged and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 -

“Then bring in the table and lay out its arrangement; also bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 -

He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 -

“He must continually tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand in the LORD’s presence.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 -

Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen[fn] ​— ​and all the work relating to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 -

“They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, with its lamps, snuffers, and firepans, as well as its jars of oil by which they service it.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 -

“Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 -

So Aaron did this; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 -

This is the way the lampstand was made: it was a hammered work of gold, hammered from its base to its flower petals. The lampstand was made according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 -

the pure gold lampstands in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 -

“so let’s make a small, walled-in upper room and put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp there for him. Whenever he comes, he can stay there.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 -

the weight of the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 -

He made the ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 -

the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 -

“They offer a burnt offering and fragrant incense to the LORD every morning and every evening, and they set the rows of the Bread of the Presence on the ceremonially clean table. They light the lamps of the gold lampstand every evening. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have abandoned him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 -

The captain of the guards took away the bowls, firepans, sprinkling basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls ​— ​whatever was gold or silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 -

He asked me, “What do you see? ”

I replied, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top. The lampstand also has seven lamps at the top with seven spouts for each of[fn] the lamps.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 -

I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand? ”

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