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5457 – φῶς (phos)

light


Type:
Noun
neut. ♁
Greek: φῶς (phos)
Pronunciation: foce
Gematria: 1306(500 + 800 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: From an obsolete phao (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays, cf G5316, G5346)
Usage: 73 times in NA, 69 times in TR     

Description

  1. Light.
    1. The light.
      1. Emitted by a lamp.
      2. A heavenly light such as surrounds angels when they appear on earth.
    2. Anything emitting light.
      1. A star.
      2. Fire because it is light and sheds light.
      3. A lamp or torch.
    3. Light, i. E brightness.
      1. Of a lamp.
  2. Metaphor.
    1. God is light because light has the extremely delicate, subtle, pure, brilliant quality.
    2. Of truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity associated with it.
    3. That which is exposed to the view of all, openly, publicly.
    4. Reason, mind.
      1. The power of understanding esp. Moral and spiritual truth.


Word root

Word with phos as root:

φωστήρphosterG5458light
φωσφόροςphosphorosG5459day star
φωτεινόςphoteinosG5460full of light
φωτίζωphotizoG5461give light

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into phos :

אוֹרórH0216light
נֶבְרַשְׁתָּאnevrashtaA5043lampstand
נֹ֫גַהּnogahH5051brightness
נְהִירnehirA5094alight
נֵרnerH5216alamp

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
N-APN-1
Noun Noun
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
N-ASN-24
Noun Noun
dative sing. neut. dative singular Neutral
N-DSN-9
Noun Noun
gen. pl. neut. genitive plural Neutral
N-GPN-1
Noun Noun
gen. sing. neut. genitive singular Neutral
N-GSN-14
Noun Noun
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
N-NSN-24


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References (73 occurances in 62 verses)




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