light

Greek Noun Neuter

φῶς (Att. contr. from φάος; φάω), genitive, φωτός, τό, [in LXX chiefly for אוֹר;] light (opposite to τὸ σκότος, ἡ σκοτία): Mat.17:2, 5, Jhn.11:9-10, 2Co.4:6; ἡλίου, Rev.22:5; of a lamp, Luk.8:16 11:33, Jhn.5:35, Rev.18:23; of a supernatural heavenly light, Act.9:3 12:7 22:6, 9 22:11 26:13; hence, ἄγγελος φωτός, 2Co.11:14; ὁ κλήρος τ. ἁγίων ἐν τ. φ, Col.1:12; of the divine glory, Rev.21:24; by meton, of that which gives light: of fire, Mrk.14:54, Luk.22:56 (cl; 1Ma.12:29; cf. DCG, i, 595; pl, of a lamp or torch, Act.16:29; of heavenly bodies, Jas.1:17. Metaphorical, (a) of God: 1Jn.1:5 Jn 1:7; φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον, 1Ti.6:16; (b) of spiritual truth and its effects on the lives of men: Mat.4:16 5:16, Jhn.1:4-5 3:19-21, Act.26:18, 23, 2Co.6:14, Eph.5:13, 1Pe.2:9, 1Jn.2:8; τ. φ. τ. ζωῆς, Jhn.8:12; τ. ὅπλα τοῦ φ, Rom.13:12; καρπὸς τοῦ φ, Eph.5:9; έν τ. φ. περιπατεῖν (εἶναι, μένειν), 1Jn.1:7 Jn 2:9-10; υἱοὶ (τέκνα) τοῦ φ, Luk.16:8, Jhn.12:36, Eph.5:8, 1Th.5:5; by meton, of one from whom truth shines forth: Act.13:47 (LXX), Rom.2:19; esp. of Christ, Luk.2:32, Jhn.1:7-8 12:35-36, 46; τ. φ. τ. κόσμου, Jhn.8:12 9:5;τ. φ. τ. ἀληθινόν, Jhn.1:9; of Christians, Mat.5:14, Eph.5:8; (with) of the spiritual under­standing: τ. φ. τὸ ἐν σοί, Mat.6:23, Luk.11:35; (d) adverbially, of that which is open to view (opposite to ἐν τ. σκοτίᾳ): ἐν τ. φ, Mat.10:27, Luk.12:3. SYN.: see: φέγγος (AS)

light

Greek Noun Neuter

φῶς, contraction for φάος, light (which see). φῴς, ἡ, plural φῷδες, contraction from φωΐς (which see).

Greek

Noun Neuter

compare g5316 (φαίνω), g5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative); fire, light; from an obsolete (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays