Lexicon phótismos: illumination Original Word: φωτισμός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: phótismos Phonetic Spelling: (fo-tis-mos') Short Definition: light, luster, illumination Definition: light, luster, illumination, enlightenment. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 5462 phōtismós (a masculine noun, see also 5457 /phṓs, the neuter noun-form) – light itself, the embodiment of the source (beginning) of the illumination. See 5457 (phōs). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom phótizóDefinitionillumination NASB Translationlight (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5462: φωτισμόςφωτισμός, φωτισμου, ὁ ( φωτίζω); a. the act of enlightening, illumination: πρός φωτισμόν τῆς γνώσεως, equivalent to πρός τό φωτίζειν τήν γνῶσιν, that by teaching we may bring to light etc. 2 Corinthians 4:6 (on which passage, see πρόσωπον, 1 a. sub at the end, p. 551{b} top). b. brightness, bright light (ἐξ ἡλίου, Sextus Empiricus, p. 522, 9; ἀπό σελήνης, Plutarch (de fac. in orb. lun. § 16, 13), p. 929 d. (ibid., § 18, 4, p. 931 a.); the Sept. for אור, Psalm 26:1 (); Psalm 43:4 (); Psalm 77:14 (); Job 3:9; for מָאור, Psalm 89:8 ()): εἰς τό μή αὐγάσαι (καταυγασαι, L marginal reading Tr marginal reading) τόν φωτισμόν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, that the brightness of the gospel might not shine forth (R. V. dawn (upon them)), i. e. (dropping the figure) that the enlightening truth of the gospel might not be manifest or be apprehended, 2 Corinthians 4:4.
Strong's enlightenment, light From photizo; illumination (figuratively) -- light. see GREEK photizo |
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