For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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φῶς
Vocabulary form:
fw:V, fwtovV, tov
Definition:
light
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
73
GK:
5890
Root:
fwt
Cognates:
A photograph is a picture drawn by light.
Mnemonics:
You need light for your photos to come out right.
Mnemonic Singing:
Oh, tell of His might, Oh, sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, Whose canopy space.
Notes:
Aternate song:
Fire and ice, darkness and light,
can never live together.
Biblical Concordance
| 1 Thessalonians 5:5 | for you are all sons of light (phōtos | φωτός | gen sg neut), sons of the day. We do not belong to night or darkness. |
| 1 Timothy 6:16 | the only one having immortality, the one dwelling in unapproachable light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut), whom no person has seen or is able to see, to him be honor and might forever, Amen. |
| James 1:17 | Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights (phōtōn | φώτων | gen pl neut), with whom there is no variation or shadow caused by change. |
| 1 Peter 2:9 | But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, so that you may declare the glorious deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut). |
| 1 John 1:5 | Now this is the message that we have heard from him and are proclaiming to you: God is light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut), and there is absolutely no darkness in him. |
| 1 John 1:7 | But if we walk in the light (phōti | φωτί | dat sg neut), as he is in the light (phōti | φωτί | dat sg neut), we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. |
| 1 John 2:8 | Yet it is a new commandment that I write to you, one that is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) is already shining. |
| 1 John 2:9 | The one who claims to be in the light (phōti | φωτί | dat sg neut) but goes on hating his brother is still in the darkness. |
| 1 John 2:10 | The one who loves his brother is living in the light (phōti | φωτί | dat sg neut) and in him there is no cause for stumbling. |
| Revelation 18:23 | the light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) of a lamp 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 21:24 | The nations will walk by its light (phōtos | φωτός | gen sg neut) and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. |
| Revelation 22:5 | And night will be no more. They will have no need for the light (phōtos | φωτός | gen sg neut) of a lamp or the light (phōtos | φωτός | gen sg neut) of the sun because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever. |
Mnemonics
Photosynthesis is the process
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use light to convert nutrients.