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Strong's #2985 - λαμπάς
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- a torch
- a lamp, the flame of which is fed with oil
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λαμπάς
(A), άδος, ἡ,
I
1. torch, A. Th. 433, Th. 3.24, etc.; πευκίνη λ. S. Tr. 1198; beacon-light, A. Ag. 8, 28, etc.; λαμπάδας ἅψασθαι light torches, Ar. Th. 655; λαμπάδας τινάσσων, in Bacchic ceremonies, Id. Ra. 340 (lyr.); used in festal processions, φαίνετε τούτῳ (sc. τῷ Αἰσχύλῳ) λαμπάδας ἱεράς ib. 1525 (anap.), cf. Th. 102 (lyr.).
2. faggot, Plb. 3.93.4; any light, lamp, λαμπάδες ἀργυραῖ LXX Ju. 10.22; wax-light, Plu. 2.263f; λ. κηροχίτων AP 6.249 (Antip.); later of oillamps, Matthew 25:3.
3. metaph., of the sun, Parm. 10.3, S. Ant. 879 (lyr.), etc.; ἡ 'πιοῦσα λ. the coming light, i.e. the next day, E. Med. 352; of lightning, δαμασθεὶς λαμπάσιν κεραυνίοις Id. Supp. 1011, cf. Ba. 244, 594 (lyr.); of the Cyclops' eye, Cratin. 459.
4. meteor, Arist. Mu. 395b11, D.S. 16.66, D.C. 37.25.
II
1. torch-race, = λαμπαδηδρομία, Hdt. 6.105, X. Vect. 4.52; λαμπάδα δραμεῖν, τρέχειν, run the race, Ar. V. 1203, Thphr. Char. 27.4; τὰς λ. δραμεῖν IG 22.1030.9; ἐν ταῖς λ. διηγωνίσθαι ib.1039.20; λαμπάδα φέρειν Ar. Ra. 1087 (anap.); ἀφιεμένην τὴν λ. θεῶ see the start, ib. 131; τὰς λ. συντελεῖν IG 22.1011.9; λ. ἔσται.. ἀφ' ἵππων τῇ θεῷ Pl. R. 328a; λαμπάδι νικᾶν win in it, And. 4.42, cf. IG 22.957, al.; λαμπάδα ν. win it, ib.3.106, al.; οἱ νικήσαντες τὴν λ. ib.122, cf. Milet. 1(7).203a14 (ii B. C.).
2. metaph., of life, λαμπάδα γὰρ ζωᾶς με δραμεῖν.. ἤθελε δαίμων Epigr.Gr. 231 (Chios); καθάπερ λαμπάδα τὸν βίον παραδιδόντας ἄλλοις ἐξ ἄλλων Pl. Lg. 776b.
III = λυχνὶς ἀγρία, Ps.- Dsc. 3.101.
λαμπάς
(B), άδος, poet. Adj., torch-lit, λ. ἀκταί, of Eleusis, S. OC 1049 (lyr.); ἑορταὶ λ. Lys. Fr. 105 S.
λαμπάς, λαμπάδος, ἡ (λάμπω, cf. our lamp) (from Aeschylus and Thucydides down), the Sept. for לַפִּיד;
1. a torch: Revelation 4:5 (where A. V. lamps);
2. a lamp, the flame of which is fed with oil: Matthew 25:1, 3f, 7; John 18:3; Acts 20:8. (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xlvi.; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 455ff; Becker, Charicles, Sc. ix. (English translation, p. 163).)
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λαμπάς , -άδος , ἡ
(< λάμπω ),
[in LXX for H3940;]
a torch (freq. fed, like a lamp, with oil): Matthew 25:1 ff., John 18:3, Acts 20:8, Revelation 4:5; Revelation 8:10.†
† ὑπολαμπάς , -άδος , ἡ ,
a window: Acts 20:8 D (for λαμπάς ; v. MM, xxv).†
SYN.: λύχνος G3088, lamp, q.v.; φανός G5322, torch or lantern; cf. Rutherford's NPhr., 131 f.; Tr., Syn., § xlvi; DCG, s.v. lamp; DB, iii, 43 f.
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In a long list of persons charged with furnishing supplies in view of an official visit from the Prefect to Hermopolis in A.D. 145–47 mention is made of the following : —ἐπὶ ξύλ (ων) καὶ ἀνθράκων καὶ φαμῶ (ν) καὶ λαμπάδ (ων) οἱ προόντες (P Lond 1159.59 = 111. P. 113, Chrest. I. p. 493). See also BGU III. 717.12 (dowry–A.D. 149) κάτοπτ [ρ ]ον δίπτυχον, λαμπάδα, P Oxy XII. 1449.19 (return of temple property—A.D. 213–217) λαμπάδ (ες) ἀργ (υραῖ) κ ̣αλα ̣ι ̣. For the noun = ";torch"; in connexion with a torch-race cf. OGIS 764.43 al. (ii/B.C.), Michel 884.6 (B.C. 164–3), 893.17 (i/ B.C.). MGr λαμπάδα, ";lamp,"; ";candlestick.";
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