Proverbs 29:13
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
Read in context →DEEP KJV WORD STUDY
Lighteneth
Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.
Luke 17:24
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
Read in context →Proverbs
1 occurrences in 1 verses.
Browse those occurrences →Where lighteneth appears.
This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
ἀστράπτω
astráptō · as-trap'-to
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to flash as lightning
Strong's KJV usage: :--lighten, shine.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 17:24Strong's last: Luke 17:24
Open full G797 profile →אוֹר
ʼôwr · ore
1 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
Strong's KJV usage: × break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 29:13Strong's last: Proverbs 29:13
Open full H215 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
Read the word in context.
1 occurrence match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
G797
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
lighten
LIGHTEN, verb intransitive li'tn. [from light, the fluid.]
1. To flash; to burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with an instantaneous illumination.
This dreadful night that thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars as doth the lion.
2. To shine like lightning.
3. To fall; to light. obsolete
LIGHTEN, verb transitive li'tn.
1. To dissipate darkness; to fill with light; to spread over with light; to illuminate; to enlighten; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.
A key of fire ran all along the shore, and lightened all the river with a blaze.
2. To illuminate with knowledge; in a moral sense.
A light to lighten the Gentiles. Luke 2:32.
3. To free from trouble and fill with joy.
They looked to him and were lightened. Psalms 34:5.
LIGHTEN, verb transitive li'tn. [from light, not heavy.]
1. To make lighter; to reduce in weight; to make less heavy; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.
2. To alleviate; to make less burdensome or afflictive; as, to lighten the cares of life; to lighten the burden of grief.
3. To cheer; to exhilarate.
He lightens my humor with his merry jest.
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.
Know what each layer is—and what it is not.
Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.