Definition:
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)
Definition:
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+]