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λύχνος

lýchnos · G3088 · Greek · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. lamp

    A light made by burning a wick saturated with oil contained in a relatively small vessel

    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.

    Matthew 6:22 “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then, if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of 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

3 occurrences in 2 groups

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 2 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 2 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

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.

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.

Near synonyms 1 word
λαμπάς lampás · G2985 · torch, lamp
Both terms denote portable light sources in biblical contexts. λαμπάς typically refers to torches or flambeaux (often carried in procession or outdoor contexts), while λύχνος specifically designates oil lamps used in households and indoor settings, though the two overlap in their general function as illumination devices.
In the other Testament 1 word
נִיר nîyr · H5216 · lamp
Hebrew נִיר and Greek λύχνος both denote a portable lamp or light source used for illumination, whether literal (a physical lamp) or figurative (a metaphor for guidance or presence), reflecting consistent translation equivalence wherever lamplight imagery appears.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Lamp6.104
This lexeme denotes a small vessel that holds burning oil to produce light. 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×λύχνοςlýchnos · G3088λυχνία lychnía · G3087 · lampstand · 12×λευκαίνω leukaínō · G3021 · to make white, to whiten · 2×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon λύχνου, ὁ, the Sept. for נֵר (from Homer down); a lamp, candle (?), that is placed on a…
λύχνου, ὁ, 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)): Mt 5:15; Mk 4:21; (Lk 11:36); ; Rev 22:5; φῶς λύχνου, Rev 18:23; opposed to φῶς ἡλίου, Rev 22:5 L T Tr WH; ά῾πτειν λύχνον ((Lk 8:16; Lk 11:33; Lk 15:8), see ἅπτω, 1). To a lamp are likened — the eye, ὁ λύχνος τοῦ σώματος, i. e. which shows the body which way to move and turn, Mt 6:22; Lk 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 Pet 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, Jn 5:35; Christ, who will hereafter illumine his followers, the citizens of the heavenly kingdom, with his own glory, Rev 21:23.

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Lights and Light Holders14 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

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