3088 - luchnos

Strong's Concordance

Original word: λύχνος
Transliteration: luchnos
Definition (short): lamp
Definition (full): a (portable) lamp

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. word
Definition: a (portable) lamp
NASB Translation: lamp (13), lamps (1).
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From the base of leukos; a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively) -- candle, light.

see GREEK leukos

KJV: Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
NASB: nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
KJV: The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
NASB: "The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.
KJV: And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
NASB: And He was saying to them, "A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand?
KJV: No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
NASB: "Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it over with a container, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.
KJV: No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
NASB: "No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.