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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Strong's first: 1 Kings 6:4Strong's last: 1 Kings 6:4
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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;
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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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