λύχνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for נִיר (Exo.25:37), al.) ;] a lamp (portable, and usually set on a stand, λυχνία): Mat.5:15, Luk.11:36; ἔρχεται ὁ λ., Mrk.4:21; λ. ἅπτειν Luk.8:16 11:33 15:8; φῶς λύχνου, Rev.18:23; id. opposite to φ.ἡλίου, Rev.22:5; metaphorically, of the eye, Mat.6:22 Luk.11:34; of John the Baptist, Jhn.5:35; of the Lamb, Rev.21:23; of prophecy, 2Pe.1:19; of spiritual readiness, pl., λύχνοι (as always in LXX; frequently in Att.. λύχνα), Luk.12:35.† SYN.: λαμπάς, q.v (AS)
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G3088 — λύχνος
luchnos · lamp · Greek
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Matthew 5:15 · λύχνονNeither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.Matthew 6:22 · λύχνοςThe eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.Mark 4:21 · λύχνοςJesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?Luke 8:16 · λύχνονNo one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.Luke 11:33 · λύχνονNo one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.Luke 11:34 · λύχνοςYour eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.Luke 11:36 · λύχνοςSo if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”Luke 12:35 · λύχνοιBe dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.Luke 15:8 · λύχνονOr what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?John 5:35 · λύχνοςJohn was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.2 Peter 1:19 · λύχνῳWe also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.Revelation 18:23 · λύχνουThe light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”Revelation 21:23 · λύχνοςAnd the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.Revelation 22:5 · λύχνουThere will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.