ΛΥΧΝΟΝ, λυχνον
LYCHNON, lychnon
Sounds Like: LYKH-non
Translations: lamp, a lamp, light
From the root: ΛΥΧΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a lamp, typically an oil lamp, which was a common source of artificial light in ancient times. It can also metaphorically refer to light or guidance. It is used in sentences to denote a physical lamp or a source of illumination.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Accusative
Strong’s number: G3088 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:100
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 4:93
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 10:23
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 24:2
- 2 Samuel — 21:17
- 2 Kings — 8:19
- 2 Chronicles — 21:7
- Tobit — 8:13
- Psalms — 17:29, 131:17
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΥΧΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΙΧΝΟΙ — lamps, lights
- ΛΥΧΝΑ — lamps, lights, a lamp, a light
- ΛΥΧΝΕΩΣ — lamp-stone, a lamp-stone, of a lamp-stone
- ΛΥΧΝΙ — of lamps, of lights, of lampstands
- ΛΥΧΝΙΩ — of lampstands, of lamps, of lights
- ΛΥΧΝΟ — lamp, light, a lamp, a light
- ΛΥΧΝΟΙ — lamps, lights
- ΛΥΧΝΟΙΣ — to lamps, to lights, to torches
- ΛΥΧΝΟΣ — lamp, a lamp, light, a light
- ΛΥΧΝΟΥ — of a lamp, of a light, of a candle
- ΛΥΧΝΟΥΣ — lamps, lights
- ΛΥΧΝΩ — lamp, a lamp, light, a light
- ΛΥΧΝΩΝ — (of) lamps, (of) lights
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