Word

λυχνία

lychnía · G3087 · Greek · 12 occurrences

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A word for 2 things

Lampstand, menorahFurniture of the Tabernacle and Temple36 verses
LampstandHousehold13 verses

Meanings

lampstand

A stand designed to hold a single lamp or a series of lamps

Examples
Matthew 5:15 nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Mark 4:21 And He was saying to them, “A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, or under a bed, is it? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand?
Luke 8:16 “Now no one lights a lamp and covers it over with a container, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in may see the light.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἑπτάseven 1
σύyou 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

4 occurrences in 3 groups

ἑπτάseven 3
χρύσεοςgolden 3
δύοtwo 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἵστημιto stand, to set 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 3 groups

εἴδωto know 1
ἐπιστρέφωto turn, to return 1
κινέωto move 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐκκλησίαcongregation, church 1
ὅςwho, which, that 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

οὗτοςthis 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐπίon 5

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

μέσοςin the midst, among 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

מְנוֹרָה mᵉnôwrâh · H4501 · lampstand: Greek λυχνία and Hebrew מְנוֹרָה both denote a physical stand or holder for a lamp/light source; the Hebrew term is particularly associated with the temple lampstand but shares the core semantic domain of 'lamp-stand' with the Greek equivalent.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Lampstand6.105: This lexeme denotes the stand on which a lamp is placed so its light can spread through a room. Matthew 5:15 states that people “light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.”

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

λευκός leukós · G3022 · white, light color, bright · 25×λύχνος lýchnos · G3088 · lamp · 14×λυχνίαlychnía · G3087λευκαίνω leukaínō · G3021 · to make white, to whiten · 2×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon λυχνίας, ἡ, a later Greek word for the earlier λυχνίον, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 313f;…

λυχνίας, ἡ, a later Greek word for the earlier λυχνίον, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 313f; (Wetstein (1752) on Mt 5:15; Winers Grammar, 24); the Sept. for מְנורָה; a (candlestick) lampstand, candelabrum: Mt 5:15; Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16; (Lk 11:33); Heb 9:2; the two eminent prophets who will precede Christ's return from heaven in glory are likened to 'candlesticks,' Rev 11:4 (Buttmann, 81 (70); Winer's Grammar, 536 (499)); to the seven 'candlesticks' (Ex 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 Rev 1:12f, 20; Rev 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, Rev 2:5.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Lights and Light Holders12 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0