φωτίζω phōtizō

Greek word for “to illuminate” · Strong’s G5461 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

φωτίζω; (φῶς); 1. intrans., to shine, give light (Arist., Plut., a1.): before ἐπί.;

How it is translated

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

• having been enlightened 2
• may light 1
• enlightens 1
• will bring to light 1
• enlightened are 1
• enlighten 1
• having brought to light 1
• illuminated 1
• enlightened 1
• will enlighten 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 11 (1), John 1 (1), 1 Corinthians 4 (1), Ephesians 1 (1), Ephesians 3 (1), 2 Timothy 1 (1), Hebrews 6 (1), Hebrews 10 (1), Revelation 18 (1), Revelation 21 (1)

Forms

• φωτίσει 2
• φωτίζῃ 1
• φωτίζει 1
• πεφωτισμένους 1
• φωτίσαι 1
• φωτίσαντος 1
• φωτισθέντας 1
• φωτισθέντες 1
• ἐφωτίσθη 1
• ἐφώτισεν 1

Words used with it

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

• λύχνος luchnos “lamp” 3
• δόξα doxa “glory” 3
• ἥλιος hēlios “sun” 2
• φανερόω phaneroō “to reveal” 2
• χρεία chreia “need” 2
• φῶς phōs “light” 2
• αἰών aiōn “an age” 2
• καρδία kardia “heart” 2
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 2

Key verses

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

• 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…
• John 1:9 — That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels…
• Ephesians 1:18 — The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the…
• Ephesians 3:9 — And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus…
• 2 Timothy 1:10 — But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the…
• Hebrews 6:4 — For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
• Hebrews 10:32 — But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
• Revelation 18:1 — And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
• 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.