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Strong's #541 - ἀπαύγασμα
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- reflected brightness
- of Christ in that he perfectly reflects the majesty of God
- effulgence
- shining forth, of a light coming from a luminous body (Vine)
- out-raying (Vincent)
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ἀπαύγ-ασμα, ατος, τό,
radiance, effulgence, of light beaming from a luminous body, φωτὸς ἀϊδίου LXX Wi. 7.26; δόξης Hebrews 1:3, cf. Ph. 1.337, al., Hld. 5.27, Dam. ap. Simp. in Ph. 775.15.
ἀπαύγασμα, ἀπαυγαστος, τό (from ἀπαυγάζω to emit brightness, and this from αὐγή brightness; cf. ἀποσκίασμα, ἀπείκασμα, ἀπεικονισμα, ἀπηχημα), reflected brightness: Christ is called in Hebrews 1:3 ἀπαύγασμα τῆς δόξης ... τοῦ Θεοῦ, inasmuch as he perfectly reflects the majesty of God; so that the same thing is declared here of Christ metaphysically, which he says of himself in an ethical sense in John 12:45 (
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**† ἀπ -αύγασμα , -τος , τό
(< αὐγή , brightness, whence ἀπαυγάζω , to radiate or reflect),
[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 7:26 *;]
of light beaming from a luminous body, radiance, effulgence: Hebrews 1:3.†
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