Credit: Arne Hückelheim
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Comments: An oil lamp made of clay used for the diwali festival in India (Haryana).
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915. Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: CC0 1.0
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Comments: Lamp. circa 1850 –1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12.
Credit: Davidbena
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Comments: Earthenware lamp (Rockefeller Museum)
Credit: Photograph by Rama, Wikimedia Commons
License: CC BY-SA 2.0 FR
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Comments: Luxury Oil lamp. Bronze. 1st to 3rd century. On display at Vidy Roman Museum
From Easton: Lamp, (1.) That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the temple which bore the light (Exodus 25:37; 1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chronicles 4:20; 2 Chronicles 13:11; Zechariah 4:2). Their form is not described. Olive oil was generally burned in them (Exodus 27:20).
(2.) A torch carried by the soliders of Gideon (Judges 7:16, Judges 7:20). (R.V., "torches.")
(3.) Domestic lamps (A.V., "candles") were in common use among the Hebrews (Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21, etc.).
(4.) Lamps or torches were used in connection with marriage ceremonies (Matthew 25:1).
This word is also frequently metaphorically used to denote life, welfare, guidance, etc. (2 Samuel 21:17; Psalms 119:105; Proverbs 6:23; Proverbs 13:9).