ΛΥΧΝΟΣ, λυχνος
LYCHNOS, lychnos
Sounds Like: LOO-khnos
Translations: lamp, a lamp, light, a light
From the root: ΛΥΧΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: A lamp, typically an oil lamp, used as a source of light. It can refer to the physical device itself or metaphorically to the light it provides, often symbolizing guidance, truth, or spiritual illumination. It is used in sentences to denote a source of light or a guiding principle.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3088 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 21:2
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 118:105
- Proverbs — 6:23, 31:18
- Job — 18:6, 21:17, 29:3
- Sirach — 26:17
- Matthew — 6:22
- Mark — 4:21
- Luke — 11:34, 11:36
- John — 5:35
- Revelation — 21:23
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 27:20
- 1 Samuel — 3:3
- 2 Samuel — 22:29
- Psalms — 118:105
- Proverbs — 6:23, 29:36
- Job — 18:6, 21:17, 29:3
- Sirach — 26:17
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
- ΛΥΧΝΟΝ — lamp, a lamp, 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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