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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 Box Exo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - “You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27 - and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - He shall arrange the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold[fn] before the LORD regularly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - And their guard duty involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen; all the service connected with these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - “Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - the weight of the golden lampstands and their lamps, the weight of gold for each lampstand and its lamps, the weight of silver for a lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand in the service,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - They offer to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening. For we keep the charge of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - also the small bowls and the fire pans and the basins and the pots and the lampstands and the dishes for incense and the bowls for drink offerings. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”
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