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λύχνος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
λύχνος, -ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
lychnos
Simplified transliteration: 
lychnos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3088
GK Number: 
3394
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
14
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
lamp, usually of clay or metal, with olive oil to fuel its wick (not a candle)
Definition: 
a light, lamp, candle, etc., Mt. 5:15; Mk. 4:21; met. a lamp, as a figure of a distinguished teacher, Jn. 5:35

Greek-English Concordance for λύχνος

Matthew 5:15 Nor do people light a lamp (lychnon | λύχνον | acc sg masc) and put it under the meal-tub, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
Matthew 6:22 “The lamp (lychnos | λύχνος | nom sg masc) of the body is the eye. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be filled with light;
Mark 4:21 And he said to them, “A lamp (lychnos | λύχνος | nom sg masc) is not brought to be put under a basket be put or a bed, is it? Is it not to be put on a lampstand? be put
Luke 8:16 “No one after lighting a lamp (lychnon | λύχνον | acc sg masc) covers it with a container or puts it under a bed, but places it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.
Luke 11:33 “No one lights a lamp (lychnon | λύχνον | acc sg masc) and puts it in a vault or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.
Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp (lychnos | λύχνος | nom sg masc) of the body. When your eye is sound, then your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, then your body is full of darkness.
Luke 11:36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part of it dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp (lychnos | λύχνος | nom sg masc) gives you light with its rays.”
Luke 12:35 “Let your waists be girded and your lamps (lychnoi | λύχνοι | nom pl masc) burning;
Luke 15:8 “Or what woman, who has ten silver coins, should she lose one coin, would not light a lamp (lychnon | λύχνον | acc sg masc), sweep the house, and search diligently until she finds it?
John 5:35 He was a lamp (lychnos | λύχνος | nom sg masc) that was burning and giving light, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
2 Peter 1:19 Moreover, we hold the prophetic word to be reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it as you would to a lamp (lychnō | λύχνῳ | dat sg masc) shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.
Revelation 18:23 the light of a lamp (lychnou | λύχνου | gen sg masc) will never again shine in you, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will never again be heard in you; for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your magic spells.
Revelation 21:23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God floods it with light, and its lamp (lychnos | λύχνος | nom sg masc) is the Lamb.
Revelation 22:5 And night will be no more. They will have no need for the light of a lamp (lychnou | λύχνου | gen sg masc) or the light of the sun because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.