φωτίζω; future
φωτίσω (
Revelation 22:5 L WH;
1 Corinthians 4:5), Attic
φωτιῶ (
Revelation 22:5 G T Tr); 1 aorist
ἐφωτισα; perfect passive participle
πεφωτισμενος; 1 aorist passive
ἐφοτίσθην;
1. intransitive,
to give light, to shine (
Aristotle,
Theophrastus,
Plutarch, others; the
Sept. for
אור,
Numbers 8:2, etc.):
ἐπί τινα,
Revelation 22:5 (Rom.
WH brackets
ἐπί).
2. transitive,
a. properly,
to enlighten, light up, illumine:
τινα,
Luke 11:36:
τήν πόλιν,
Revelation 21:23 (
ἀκτισι τόν κόσμον, of the sun,
Diodorus 3, 48; the
Sept. for
הֵאִיר);
ἡ γῆ ἐφωτίσθη ἐκ τῆς δόξης (
A. V. was lightened) shone with his glory,
Revelation 18:1.
b. to bring to light, render evident:
τά κρυπτά τοῦ σκότους,
1 Corinthians 4:5; (
Ephesians 3:9 according to the reading of
T L brackets
WH text (but see c.)) (
τήν αἵρεσιν τίνος, the preference, opinion, of one,
Polybius 23, 3, 10;
τήν ἀλήθειαν,
Epictetus diss. 1, 4, 31;
πεφωτισμενων τῶν πραγματον ὑπό τῆς ἀληθείας,
Lucian, cal. non tem. cred. 32);
to cause something to exist and thus to come to light and become clear to all:
ζωήν καί ἀφθαρσίαν διά τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, opposed to
καταργῆσαι τόν θάνατον,
2 Timothy 1:10.
c. by a use only Biblical and ecclesiastical,
to enlighten spiritually, imbue with saving knowledge:
τινα,
John 1:9; with a saving knowledge of the gospel: hence,
φωτισθέντες of those who have been made Christians,
Hebrews 6:4;
Hebrews 10:32; followed by an indirect question
Ephesians 3:9 (see b. above) (Sir. 45:17; for
הֵאִיר, Psalm 118:130 (
Ps. 119:130; for
הורָה, to instruct, inform, teach,
Judges 13:8,
Alex.;
2 Kings 12:2;
φωτιοῦσιν αὐτούς τό κρίμα τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆς γῆς,
2 Kings 17:27 (cf. 1 Kings 17:28; others));
to give understanding to:
πεφωτίσμενοι τούς ὀφθαλμούς τῆς καρδίας (
Rec. διανοίας), as respects the eyes of your soul,
Ephesians 1:18 (
Buttmann, § 145, 6); ((cf. Sir. 31:20 (Sir. 34:20), etc.)).
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