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Lexicon :: Strong's G3088 - lychnos

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λύχνος
Transliteration
lychnos (Key)
Pronunciation
lookh'-nos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of λευκός (G3022)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:324,542

Trench's Synonyms: xlvi. φῶς, φέγγος, φωστήρ, λύχνος, λαμπάς.

Strong’s Definitions

λύχνος lýchnos, lookh'-nos; from the base of G3022; a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively):—candle, light.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G3088 in the following manner: candle (8x), light (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G3088 in the following manner: candle (8x), light (6x).
  1. a lamp, candle, that is placed on a stand or candlestick

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λύχνος lýchnos, lookh'-nos; from the base of G3022; a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively):—candle, light.
STRONGS G3088:
λύχνος, λύχνου, , the Sept. for נֵר (from Homer down); a lamp, candle (?), that is placed on a stand or candlestick (Latincandelabrum) (cf. Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § xlvi.; Becker, Charicles, Sc. ix. (English translation, p. 156 n. 5)): Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; (Luke 11:36); Luke 12:35; Revelation 22:5; φῶς λύχνου, Revelation 18:23; opposed to φῶς ἡλίου, Revelation 22:5 L T Tr WH; ά῾πτειν λύχνον ((Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33; Luke 15:8), see ἅπτω, 1). To a lamp are likened — the eye, λύχνος τοῦ σώματος, i. e. which shows the body which way to move and turn, Matthew 6:22; Luke 11:34; the prophecies of the O. T., inasmuch as they afforded at least some knowledge relative to the glorious return of Jesus from heaven down even to the time when by the Holy Spirit that same light, like the day and the daystar, shone upon the hearts of men, the light by which the prophets themselves had been enlightened and which was necessary to the full perception of the true meaning of their prophecies, 2 Peter 1:19; to the brightness of a lamp that cheers the beholders a teacher is compared, whom even those rejoiced in who were unwilling to comply with his demands, John 5:35; Christ, who will hereafter illumine his followers, the citizens of the heavenly kingdom, with his own glory, Revelation 21:23.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:15; 6:22
Mark
4:21
Luke
8:16; 11:33; 11:34; 11:36; 12:35; 15:8
John
5:35
2 Peter
1:19
Revelation
18:23; 21:23; 22:5; 22:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3088 matches the Greek λύχνος (lychnos),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:15 - Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:22 - “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:21 - And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:16 - “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:33 - “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:34 - Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:36 - If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:35 - “Stay dressed for action[fn] and keep your lamps burning,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:8 - “Or what woman, having ten silver coins,[fn] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:35 - He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:19 - And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:23 - and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:23 - And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:5 - And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
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