Matthew 5:15Mapped KJV word: a candle
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.
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S
Open Bibleλύχνος
G3088 · lýchnos · lookh'-nos · Greek
Strong’s definition
a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage
:--candle, light.
15mapped occurrences
14verses
7KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping
a candle 5light 3The light 2candle 2of a candle 1lights 1a 1
Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).
Mapped occurrences
Matthew 6:22Mapped KJV word: The light
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Mark 4:21Mapped KJV word: a candle
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?
Luke 8:16Mapped KJV word: a candle
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.
Luke 11:33Mapped KJV word: a candle
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.
Luke 11:34Mapped KJV word: The light
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Luke 11:36Mapped KJV word: of a candle
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Luke 12:35Mapped KJV word: lights
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Luke 15:8Mapped KJV word: a candle
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
John 5:35Mapped KJV word: a
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
John 5:35Mapped KJV word: light
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
2 Peter 1:19Mapped KJV word: light
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Revelation 18:23Mapped KJV word: candle
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Revelation 21:23Mapped KJV word: light
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Revelation 22:5Mapped KJV word: candle
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.