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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.
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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 are to make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on the next branch, and the same for the six branches extending from the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - On the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - You are to put the table outside the curtain and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table, and you are to place the table on the north side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were from the same piece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure lampstand, its lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its accessories, and oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - And 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 - On the ceremonially pure lampstand he must arrange the lamps before the LORD continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - Their responsibilities included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the curtain, and all their service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - "They must take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:2

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.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - This is how the lampstand was made: It was beaten work in gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was beaten work. According to the pattern which 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 pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary (five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let's make a small private upper room and furnish it with a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - They offer burnt sacrifices to the LORD every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly we are observing the LORD our God's regulations, but you have rejected him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - He asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - Next I asked the messenger, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the menorah?"
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