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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 -

“Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, its base, and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its [fn]bulbs, and its flowers shall be [fn]of the same piece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - “Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its [fn]other side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - “Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a [fn]bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the [fn]other branch, a [fn]bulb and a flower—so for the six branches going out from the lampstand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - and in the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its [fn]bulbs and its flowers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - “And a [fn]bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - “You shall set the table outside the veil and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; 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 also and its [fn]utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its [fn]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 and 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 -

Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its [fn]bulbs, and its flowers were [fn]of the same piece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure gold lampstand, [fn]with its arrangement of lamps 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 - “You shall bring in the table and [fn]arrange what belongs on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and [fn]mount its lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - Then he placed 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 keep the lamps in order on the pure gold lampstand before Yahweh continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - Now their responsibility involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service [fn]concerning them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “Then they shall take a [fn]blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps and its tongs, and its [fn]trays and all its oil vessels, by which they minister in connection to it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you [fn]mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - Aaron therefore did so; he [fn]mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - Now 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 which Yahweh had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and 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 - “Please, let us make a little walled upper chamber and let us set a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it will be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 -

Then he made the ten golden lampstands [fn]in the way prescribed for them and he put them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - and the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary [fn]in the way prescribed;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - “And every morning and evening they [fn]burn to Yahweh burnt offerings and fragrant incense, and the showbread is set on the clean table, and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we keep the responsibility given by Yahweh our God, but you have forsaken Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - And the captain of the guard also took away the cups, the firepans, the bowls, the pots, the lampstands, the [fn]pans, and the offering bowls, what was fine gold and what was fine 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?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 -

Then I answered and said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”

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