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4.
(
!
, 5338), “brightness, luster,” is used of the “light” of the moon,
Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:24; of a lamp, Luke 11:33 (some mss. have
, here).¶
5.
$
(
"
, 3088), “a hand-lamp”: see
LAMP
.
6.
(
1
, 2985), “a torch”: see
LAMP
.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 5461), used (a) intransitively, signifies “to shine, give light,”
Rev. 22:5; (b) transitively, (1) “to illumine, to light, enlighten, to be lightened,” Luke
11:36; Rev. 21:23; in the passive voice, Rev. 18:1; metaphorically, of spiritual
enlightenment, John 1:9; Eph. 1:18; 3:9, “to make … see;” Heb. 6:4; 10:32, “ye were
enlightened,”
RV
(
KJV
, “… illuminated”); (2) “to bring to light,” 1 Cor. 4:5 (of God’s act
in the future); 2 Tim. 1:10 (of God’s act in the past). See
ENLIGHTEN
,
ILLUMINATE
.¶
2.
$
(
# "
, 2017), or possibly
$
, “to shine forth,” is rendered
“shall give … light,” in Eph. 5:14,
KJV
(
RV
, “shall shine upon”), of the glory of Christ,
illumining the believer who fulfills the conditions, so that being guided by His “light” he
reflects His character. See
SHINE
.¶ Cf.
, “to dawn” (really a variant form of
$
).
3.
(
1
, 2989), “to give the light of a torch,” is rendered “giveth light” in
Matt. 5:15,
KJV
(
RV
, “shineth). See
SHINE
.
4.
(
# &
, 2014), transitively, “to show forth” ( , “upon,”
, “to
cause to shine”), is used intransitively and metaphorically in Luke 1:79, and rendered “to
give light,”
KJV
(
RV
, “to shine upon”). See
APPEAR
,
SHINE
.
5.
(
?
, 681), “to kindle a fire” and so give “light”: see
KINDLE
, No. 1, Note.
6.
(
&
, 2545), “to burn,” is translated “do (men) light” in Matt. 5:15. See
BURN
.
7.
(
$1
, 797), “to flash forth lighten as lightning” (akin to
,
“lightning”), occurs in Luke 17:24; 24:4 (
KJV
“shining”;
RV
, “dazzling”). See
DAZZLING
.
Note:
In Luke 2:32,
KJV
, the noun
$
, “an unveiling, revelation,” preceded
by
, “unto, with a view to,” is rendered “to lighten” (
RV
, “for revelation”; marg., “(the)
unveiling”). See
REVELATION
.
C. Adjective.
(
, 5460), from
(A No. 1), “bright,” is rendered “full of light”
in Matt. 6:22; Luke 11:34, 36 (twice), figuratively, of the single-mindedness of the eye,
which acts as the lamp of the body; in Matt. 17:5, “bright,” of a cloud. See
BRIGHT
.¶
LIGHT (to light upon)
Notes:
(1) In Matt. 3:16,
KJV
,
, “to come,” is translated “lighting”;
RV
,
“coming.” (2) In Rev. 7:16.
KJV
,
, “to fall,” is translated “shall … light” (
RV
, “shall
… strike”). See
STRIKE
. (3) For Acts 27:41,
RV
, see
FALL
, B, No. 8.
LIGHT, LIGHTEN (as to weight)
A. Adjective.