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Strong's #3088 - λύχνος
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- a lamp, candle, that is placed on a stand or candlestick
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λύχνος, ὁ,
pl. λύχνοι Batr. 180, Ar. Eq. 1315, Antiph. 70, 152, PPetr. 2p.72 (iii B. C.): freq. also λύχνα, Hdt. 2.62, 133, E. Cyc. 514 (lyr.), Call. Hec. 1.4.11, etc., prob. in Alc. 41.1. (Fr. λυκ - sno -, cf. Λύκη): —
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1. portable light, lamp, χρύσεος λ. Od. 19.34; λύχνα καίειν, ἀνάπτειν, light lamps, Hdt. ll. cc.; ἅπτε, παῖ, λ. Ar. Numbers 18:1-32; λύχνους ἅπτειν to have an illumination, Arr. Epict. 2.17.37; λύχνους ἀποσβέσαι Ar. Pl. 668; λ. ἀπεσβήκει had been put out, Pl. Smp. 218b; περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς about lamp-lighting time, i. e. towards nightfall, Hdt. 7.215, D.S. 19.31; πάννυχος λ. παρακαίεται lamps are kept burning all night, Hdt. 2.130; καύσεις λύχνων Sammelb. 1161.14 (i B. C.); ἔλαιον ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔνεστ' ἐν τῷ λύχνῳ Ar. Nu. 56; cf. κεράτινος.
2. in pl., οἱ λύχνοι or τὰ λύχνα the lamp-market, οὑκ τῶν λ. ib. 1065.
II a fish, Str. 17.2.4, Hsch.; cf. Lat. lucerna, Plin. HN 9.82.
λύχνος, λύχνου, ὁ, the Sept. for נֵר (from Homer down); a lamp, candle (?), that is placed on a stand or candlestick (Latincandelabrum) (cf. Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § xlvi.; Becker, Charicles, Sc. ix. (English translation, p. 156 n. 5)): Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; (Luke 11:36);
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λύχνος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX for H5216 (Exodus 25:37), al.);]
a lamp (portable, and usually set on a stand, λυχνία ): Matthew 5:15, Luke 11:36; ἔρχεται ὁ λ ., Mark 4:21; λ . ἅπτειν Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33; Luke 15:8; φῶς λύχνου , Revelation 18:23; id. opp. to φ .ἡλίου , Revelation 22:5; metaph., of the eye, Matthew 6:22 Luke 11:34; of John the Baptist, John 5:35; of the Lamb, Revelation 21:23; of prophecy, 2 Peter 1:19; of spiritual readiness, pl., λύχνοι (as always in LXX; freq. in Att.. λύχνα ), Luke 12:35.†
SYN.: λαμπάς G2985, q.v.
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P Tebt I. 88.12 (B.C. 115–4) εἴς τε τὰς θυσίας καὶ λύχνων ἁφῶν (l. ἁφάς), ";for sacrifices and the lighting of lamps,"; P Oxy XII. 1453.18 (B.C. 30–29) τὸ καθῆκον ἔλαιον εἰς τοὺς καθ᾽ ἡμέραν λύχνους καομένους ἐν τοῖς σημαινομένοις ἱεροῖς, ";the proper oil for the daily lamps burning in the temples signified"; (Edd.), P Lond 193 verso.29 (ii/A.D.) (= II. p. 246) λύχνον διφανιν (όν) ";a lamp with a double light"; (Ed.), ib. 1177.74 (A.D. 113) (= III. p. 183) ἐλαίου κ ̣α [ύ ]σεως λύχνων τοῖς διὰ νυκτὸς ἐργαζομένοις, BGU I. 22.28 (A.D. 114) (= Selections, p. 76) ἄρας τὸν λύχνον μου ἀνέβη εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν μου, and P Leid Wviii. 6 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐνλ (= ἐλλ)υχνιάσας λύχνον καθαρόν καινόν, ἔπιθες ἐπὶ τὸν λύχνον τὸν πόδα ἱπποποταμίου (l. –μου).
For λυχναψία, an Egyptian lamp-festival, cf. P Amh II. 70i. 10 (between A.D. 114 and 117) (= Chrest. I. p. 176), and for λυχνάπτης ( –τος) cf. P Oxy XII. 1453.4 (B.C. 30–29) with the editors’ note : see also Otto Priester i. p. 10. The compound ὑπολύχνιον, ";lamp-stand,"; is found in P Oxy XIV. 1645.10 (A.D. 308).
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