Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
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Lights
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James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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מָאוֹר
mâʼôwr · maw-ore'
3 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
Strong's KJV usage: bright, light.
Strong's first: Genesis 1:14Strong's last: Genesis 1:16
Open full H3974 profile →אוֹר
ʼôwr · ore
2 times translated as this KJV form123 total Strong's occurrences
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Strong's first: Psalms 136:7Strong's last: Ezekiel 32:8
Open full H216 profile →λαμπάς
lampás · lam-pas'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
a "lamp" or flambeau
Strong's KJV usage: :--lamp, light, torch.
Strong's first: Acts 20:8Strong's last: Acts 20:8
Open full G2985 profile →λύχνος
lýchnos · lookh'-nos
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--candle, light.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 12:35Strong's last: Luke 12:35
Open full G3088 profile →φῶς
phōs · foce
1 times translated as this KJV form71 total Strong's occurrences
luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: :--fire, light.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: James 1:17Strong's last: James 1:17
Open full G5457 profile →φωστήρ
phōstḗr · foce-tare'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
an illuminator, i.e. (concretely) a luminary, or (abstractly) brilliancy
Strong's KJV usage: :--light.
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Strong's first: Philippians 2:15Strong's last: Philippians 2:15
Open full G5458 profile →שָׁקֻף
shâquph · shaw-koof'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
an embrasure or opening with bevelled jam
Strong's KJV usage: light, window.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 6:4Strong's last: 1 Kings 6:4
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H3974
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
H3974
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
H3974
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
H8261
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
H216
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
H216
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
G3088
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
G2985
And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
G5458
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
G5457
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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lights
LIGHTS, noun lites. plural [so called from their lightness.]
The lungs; the organs of breathing in animals. These organs in man we call lungs; in other animals, lights
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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