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Strong's Number G5457

φῶς

phos · foce

Transliteration:

phos{foce}

Word Origin:

from an obsolete phao (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays, cf 5316, 5346)

TDNT:

9:310,1293

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)

Usage in the KJV:

light 68, fire 2

Total: 70
Occurs 72 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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
metaph.
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 For Synonyms see entry 5817