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5457 - phós

Strong's Concordance

Original word: φῶς

Transliteration: phós

Definition (short): light

Definition (full): light

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: cont. of phaos (light, daylight); from the same as phainó

Definition: light

NASB Translation: fire (1), firelight (1), light (68), lights (2).

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From an obsolete phao (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays; compare phaino, phemi); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative) -- fire, light.

see GREEK phaino

see GREEK phemi

References

Strong's 5457: 72 Occurrences

Matthew 4:16

KJV: The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

NASB: "THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESS SAW A GREAT LIGHT, AND THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH, UPON THEM A LIGHT DAWNED."

Matthew 5:14

KJV: Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

NASB: "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;

Matthew 5:16

KJV: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

NASB: "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 6:23

KJV: But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

NASB: "But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!