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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 BoxExo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - “Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - the table and its articles, the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - They made the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base and shaft, and made its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - 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 BoxLev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD must be tended continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - They were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand that is for light, together with its lamps, its wick trimmers and trays, and all its jars for the olive oil used to supply it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold—from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary); the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the LORD our God. But you have forsaken him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - The commander of the imperial guard took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, dishes and bowls used for drink offerings—all that were made of pure gold or silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - He asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11

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