G3088 λύχνος
Strong's Greek Concordance · 15 KJV occurrences
λύχνος
lýchnos
Definition
a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings
candle, light
Derivation / Etymology
from the base of G3022 (λευκός);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 15)
- Matthew 5:15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
- Matthew 6:22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
- Luke 8:16¶ No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
- Luke 11:34The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
- Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
- John 5:35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
- 2 Peter 1:19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
- Revelation 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.