Lexicon luchnia: a lampstand Original Word: λυχνία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: luchnia Phonetic Spelling: (lookh-nee'-ah) Short Definition: a lamp-stand Definition: a lamp-stand. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom luchnosDefinitiona lampstand NASB Translationlampstand (6), lampstands (6).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3087: λυχνίαλυχνία, λυχνίας, ἡ, a later Greek word for the earlier λυχνίον, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 313f; ( Wetstein (1752) on Matthew 5:15; Winers Grammar, 24); the Sept. for מְנורָה; a (candlestick) lampstand, candelabrum: Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 8:16; ( Luke 11:33); Hebrews 9:2; the two eminent prophets who will precede Christ's return from heaven in glory are likened to 'candlesticks,' Revelation 11:4 ( Buttmann, 81 (70); Winer's Grammar, 536 (499)); to the seven 'candlesticks' ( Exodus 25:37 ( A. V. lamps; cf. B. D. (especially the American edition), under the word )) also the seven more conspicuous churches of Asia are compared in Revelation 1:12f, 20; Revelation 2:1; κινεῖν τήν λυχνίαν τίνος (ἐκκλησίας) ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς, to move a church out of the place which it has hitherto held among the churches; to take it out of the number of churches, remove it altogether, Revelation 2:5.
Strong's candlestick. From luchnos; a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively) -- candlestick. see GREEK luchnos |
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