Exodus 25:37
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
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Lamps
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Revelation 4:5
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
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נִיר
nîyr · neer
26 times translated as this KJV form48 total Strong's occurrences
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: candle, lamp, light.
Strong's first: Exodus 25:37Strong's last: Zechariah 4:2
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lampás · lam-pas'
6 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
a "lamp" or flambeau
Strong's KJV usage: :--lamp, light, torch.
Strong's first: Matthew 25:1Strong's last: Revelation 4:5
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lappîyd · lap-peed'
5 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
a flambeau, lamp or flame
Strong's KJV usage: (fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 7:16Strong's last: Daniel 10:6
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H3940
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
H3940
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
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lamp
LAMP, noun [Latin lampas; Gr. to shine; Heb.]
1. A vessel for containing oil to be burned by means of a wick; or a light, a burning wick inserted in a vessel of oil. Hence,
2. Figuratively, a light of any kind. The moon is called the lamp of heaven.
Thy gentle eyes send forth a quickening spirit, to feed the dying lamp of life within me.
LAMP of safety, or safety lamp a lamp for lighting coal mines, without exposing workmen to the explosion of inflammable air.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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