lamp

Greek Noun Male

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)

lamp

Greek Noun Male

λύχνος, ὁ, plural λύχνοι [Refs 7th c.BC+]. (fragment λυκ-sno, compare Λύκη):—portable light, lamp, χρύσεος λ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λύχνα καίειν, ἀνάπτειν, light lamps, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λύχνους ἅπτειν to have an illumination, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἀπεσβήκει had been put out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς about lamp-lighting time, i. e. towards nightfall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάννυχος λ. παρακαίεται lamps are kept burning all night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔλαιον ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔνεστ᾽ ἐν τῷ λύχνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare κεράτινος. 2) in plural, οἱ λύχνοι or τὰ λύχνα the lamp-market, οὑκ τῶν λ. [Refs] II) a fish, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; cf. Latin lucerna, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively); candle, light; from the base of g3022 (λευκός)