λύχνος luchnos

Greek word for “lamp” · Strong’s G3088 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

λύχνος, -ου, ὁ; a lamp (portable, and usually set on a stand, λυχνία):;

How it is translated

Glosses given for luchnos in context, with how often each is used:

• lamp 13
• lamps 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 11 (3), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 6 (1), Mark 4 (1), Luke 8 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 15 (1), John 5 (1), 2 Peter 1 (1), Revelation 18 (1)

Forms

• λύχνος 6
• λύχνον 4
• λύχνου 2
• λύχνοι 1
• λύχνῳ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with luchnos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• λυχνία luchnia “lampstand” 4
• φῶς phōs “light” 5
• μόδιος modios “bucket” 3
• φωτεινός phōteinos “bright” 3
• φαίνω phainō “to shine/appear” 4
• καίω kaiō “to kindle/burn” 3
• φωτίζω phōtizō “to illuminate” 3
• τίθημι tithēmi “to place” 4
• ἁπλοῦς haplous “sound” 2
• ἅπτω haptō “to touch” 3
• σκοτεινός skoteinos “dark” 2
• κλίνη klinē “bed” 2

Key verses

The verses using luchnos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:22 — The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
• Mark 4:21 — And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
• 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…
• Luke 11:33 — No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
• Luke 11:34 — The 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…
• Luke 11:36 — If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee…
• Luke 12:35 — Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
• John 5:35 — He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
• 2 Peter 1:19 — We 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…
• Revelation 18:23 — And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy…
• Revelation 21:23 — And 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.
• Revelation 22:5 — And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.