Strong's Greek · G5457

φῶς

phōs

fire, light

Definition

compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)

Derivation

from an obsolete (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays;

Appears 72 times in Scripture

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

Matthew 5:14

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

John 1:8

He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

Matthew 17:2

There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

Matthew 4:16

the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

John 1:9

The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

Matthew 6:23

But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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