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G5457 - Light

Strong's No.:	G5457

Greek:	φῶς

Transliteration:	phōs

Phonetic:	foce

Word Origin:	From an obsoleteφάω phaō (to shine or make manifest especially by rays

Bible Usage:	fire light.

Part of Speech:	Noun Neuter

Strongs Definition:	compare G5316 and G5346); luminousness (in the widest application natural or artificial abstract or concrete literal or figurative)

Thayers Definition:	1. light a. the light 1. emitted by a lamp 2. a heavenly light such as surrounds angels when they appear on earth b. anything emitting light 1. a star 2. fire because it is light and sheds light 3. a lamp or torch c. light, i.e brightness 1. of a lamp 2. metaph. a. God is light because light has the extremely delicate, subtle, pure, brilliant quality b. of truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity associated with it c. that which is exposed to the view of all, openly, publicly d. reason, mind 1. the power of understanding esp. moral and spiritual truth

Bible References: Light	Mat 4:16 Mat 4:16 Mat 5:14 Mat 5:16 Mat 6:23 Mat 10:27 Mat 17:2 Luke 2:32 Luke 8:16 Luke 11:35 Luke 12:3 Luke 16:8 John 1:4 John 1:5 John 1:7 John 1:8 John 1:8 John 1:9 John 3:19 John 3:19 John 3:20 John 3:20 John 3:21 John 5:35 John 8:12 John 8:12 John 9:5 John 11:9 John 11:10 John 12:35 John 12:35 John 12:36 John 12:36 John 12:36 John 12:46 Act 9:3 Act 12:7 Act 16:29 Act 22:6 Act 22:9 Act 22:11 Act 26:13 Act 26:18 Act 26:23 Rom 2:19 Rom 13:12 2 Cor 4:6 2 Cor 6:14 2 Cor 11:14 Eph 5:8 Eph 5:8 Eph 5:13 Eph 5:13 Col 1:12 1 Th 5:5 1 Tim 6:16 1 Pet 2:9 1 John 1:5 1 John 1:7 1 John 1:7 1 John 2:8 1 John 2:9 1 John 2:10 Rev 18:23 Rev 21:24 Rev 22:5

Translation Occurrences:	fire ( 2 ) light ( 66 ) lights ( 1 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.

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G5457 - Light

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