φῶς phōs

Greek word for “light” · Strong’s G5457 · used 73 times in 61 verses

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Meaning

φῶς (Att.. contr. from φάος; φάω), genitive, φωτός, τό;

How it is translated

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

• light 69
• lights 2
• fire 1
• light is 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 1 (5), John 3 (3), John 12 (3), Acts 22 (3), Acts 26 (3), Ephesians 5 (3), 1 John 2 (3), Matthew 5 (2), Luke 11 (2), John 11 (2)

Forms

• φῶς 48
• φωτὸς 9
• φωτὶ 6
• φωτός 5
• φωτί 3
• φῶτα 1
• φώτων 1

Words used with it

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

• σκότος skotos “darkness” 12
• σκοτία skotia “darkness” 9
• λύχνος luchnos “lamp” 5
• περιπατέω peripateō “to walk” 7
• λάμπω lampō “to shine” 4
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 7
• ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 6
• φαίνω phainō “to shine/appear” 4
• νύξ nux “night” 4
• ἔργον ergon “work” 5
• Δαμασκός Damaskos “Damascus” 3
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 6

Key verses

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

• Matthew 5:16 — Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• John 3:19 — And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance…
• 2 Corinthians 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
• 2 Corinthians 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
• Ephesians 5:8 — For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• Colossians 1:12 — Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
• 1 Timothy 6:16 — Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting.…
• James 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• 1 Peter 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of…
• 1 John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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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.