λύχνος

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lamp

λύχνος , -ου, ὁ [in LXX for נִיר ( Exo.25:37 ), al.) ;] a lamp (portable, and usually set on a stand, λυχνία): Mat.5:15 , Luk.11:36 ; ἔρχεται ὁ λ., Mrk.4:21; λ. ἅπτειν Luk.8:16 11:33 15:8 ; φῶς λύχνου, Rev.18:23; id. opposite to φ.ἡλίου, Rev.22:5; metaphorically, of the eye, Mat.6:22 Luk.11:34 ; of John the Baptist, Jhn.5:35; of the Lamb, Rev.21:23; of prophecy, 2Pe.1:19; of spiritual readiness, pl., λύχνοι (as always in LXX; frequently in Att.. λύχνα), Luk.12:35. † SYN. : λαμπάς, q.v (AS)