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Koine Greek wordlink #45220

SR GNT Luke 8:16 λυχνίας (luⱪnias) ‘is putting it but on a lampstand is putting it in_order_that the ones’ Strongs=30870 Lemma=luχnia
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Seaside_Parables_and_Miracle

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Only use of identical word form λυχνίας (N-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘λυχνίας’ (N-GFS) is always and only glossed as ‘a lampstand’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘luχnia’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a lampstand’, ‘lampstand’, ‘lampstands’.

Greek words (5) other than λυχνίας (N-GFS) with a gloss related to ‘lampstand’

MARK 4:21 λυχνίαν (luⱪnian) N-AFS ‘in_order_that on the lampstand it may_be put’ SR GNT Mark 4:21 word 31

OET-LV: 21 And he _was _saying to _them: Surely _not the lamp is _coming, in _order _that it _may _be _put under the basket or under the bed? Not in _order _that it _may _be _put on the lampstand? (MRK_4:21)

OET-RV: 21 And Yeshua told them, “Obviously no one goes and gets a lamp, and then puts it under a basket or under the bed, but rather they place it somewhere higher on a stand. (MRK 4:21)

MAT 5:15 λυχνίαν (luⱪnian) N-AFS ‘but on the lampstand and it is shining for all’ SR GNT Mat 5:15 word 14

OET-LV: 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_5:15)

OET-RV: 15 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket—you put it on a lampstand and it lightens up the house. (MAT 5:15)

LUKE 11:33 λυχνίαν (luⱪnian) N-AFS ‘but on the lampstand in_order_that the ones entering_in’ SR GNT Luke 11:33 word 16

OET-LV: 33 no _one having _lit a_lamp is _putting it in a_hidden _place, nor under the basket, but on the lampstand, in _order _that the ones entering _in may _be _seeing the light. (LUK_11:33)

OET-RV: 33 “No one lights a lamp and then hides it somewhere or puts it under a basket, but rather they put it on a lampstand so that everyone entering the room can see the light from it. (LUK 11:33)

HEB 9:2 λυχνία (luⱪnia) N-NFS ‘which were the both lampstand and the table’ SR GNT Heb 9:2 word 10

OET-LV: 2 For/Because a_tent was _prepared the first room, in which were the both lampstand and the table, and the presence of _the bread, which is _being _called the_holy place. (HEB_9:2)

OET-RV: 2 because the tent of worship was set up with a outer room called ‘the holy place’ where both the lampstand and the table were placed and the ‘bread of the presence’. (HEB 9:2)

REV 2:5 λυχνίαν (luⱪnian) N-AFS ‘and will_be removing the lampstand of you out_of the’ SR GNT Rev 2:5 word 23

OET-LV: 5 Therefore be _remembering from _where you _have _fallen and repent, and the first works do. And if not, I _am _coming to _you and will _be _removing the lampstand of _you out _of the place of _it, if not you _may _repent. (REV_2:5)

OET-RV: 5 So now, you need to remember where you’ve fallen from, and repent and repeat how you behaved at the beginning, but if you don’t, I’ll come to you and if you don’t repent, I’ll remove your lampstand from its place. (REV 2:5)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular