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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 - And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt 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 his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

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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 candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and 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 little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
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