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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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λύχνος

Strong’s: G3088

Associated OET lemmas: λύχνος

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: λύχνος; -ου

Related lemmas: λυχνία

Sense 1: lamp

Semantic entry: 6.104

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Lights and Light Holders

Definition: a light made by burning a wick saturated with oil contained in a relatively small vessel

Notes: In some languages the closest equivalent of λαμπάς[b] and λύχνος is a kerosene lamp. What is to be avoided is a word which suggests a flashlight, which would of course be highly anachronistic.

MAT 5:15: RV MAT 5:15 · LV MAT 5:15 · Read together MAT 5:15

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OET-RV MAT 5:15

15 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket—you put it on a lampstand and it lightens up the house.

OET-LV MAT 5:15

15 And_not they_are_lighting a_lamp and are_putting it under the a_basket, but on the lampstand, and it_is_shining for_all the ones in the house.

MAT 6:22: RV MAT 6:22 · LV MAT 6:22 · Read together MAT 6:22

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OET-RV MAT 6:22

22 “Your eyes are your body’s lamps, so if your eyes are healthy, then your entire body will be bright.

OET-LV MAT 6:22

22 The lamp of_the body is the eye.
Therefore if the eye of_you may_be healthy, the whole body of_you will_be bright.
All 14 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:15 · RV MAT 6:22 · LV MAT 5:15 · LV MAT 6:22 · Read together MAT 5:15 · Read together MAT 6:22

MRK: RV MRK 4:21 · LV MRK 4:21 · Read together MRK 4:21

LUK: RV LUK 8:16 · RV LUK 11:33–34 · RV LUK 11:36 · RV LUK 12:35 · RV LUK 15:8 · LV LUK 8:16 · LV LUK 11:33–34 · LV LUK 11:36 · LV LUK 12:35 · LV LUK 15:8 · Read together LUK 8:16 · Read together LUK 11:33–34 · Read together LUK 11:36 · Read together LUK 12:35 · Read together LUK 15:8

JHN: RV JHN 5:35 · LV JHN 5:35 · Read together JHN 5:35

PE2: RV PE2 1:19 · LV PE2 1:19 · Read together PE2 1:19

REV: RV REV 18:23 · RV REV 21:23 · RV REV 22:5 · LV REV 18:23 · LV REV 21:23 · LV REV 22:5 · Read together REV 18:23 · Read together REV 21:23 · Read together REV 22:5