φέγγος
phéngos · G5338 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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light
Light, in contrast with darkness (σκότος, σκοτία), usually in relationship to some source of light such as the sun, moon, fire, lamp, etc
ExamplesMatthew 24:29 “But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Mark 13:24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,
How it’s used In 2 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 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 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 2 words
- נֹגַהּ nôgahh · H5051 · brightness, shining
- Greek φέγγος (brilliancy) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew נֹגַהּ (brightness, shining light), both denoting radiant luminosity or the quality of shining brightness.
- אוֹר ʼôwr · H216 · light, smile, favor
- Greek φέγγος denotes brilliancy or radiance as a quality of light, while Hebrew אוֹר denotes light itself as substance or phenomenon; both share the semantic domain of luminosity and co-occur in passages describing celestial or divine radiance.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Light14.36
- Luke 11:33 says no one lights a lamp and puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, “but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.”
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon φέγγους, τό (akin to φαίνειν), from Aeschylus and Pindar down, light: of the moon, Mt…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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