Strong G2988λαμπρῶς
magnificently
- Transliteration
- lamprōs
- Pronunciation
- lam-proce'
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb from G2986; brilliantly that is (figuratively) luxuriously: - sumptuously.
Detailed definition
λαμπρῶς
adv.,
splendidly: of sumptuous fare (as freq.; cf. ἐδέσματα λαμπρά, Sir.29:22), Luk.16:19.†
(AS)
adv.,
splendidly: of sumptuous fare (as freq.; cf. ἐδέσματα λαμπρά, Sir.29:22), Luk.16:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2988 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sumptuously1
First verses
- Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: λαμπρός, ά, όν,
feminine -ή in Epic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.269, 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 3.3), but -ά in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 19, 371)]:— bright, radiant, of the sun and stars, λ. φάος ἠελίοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.605; ἀστήρ 4.77)]; -ότατος, of Sirius, [Refs (22.30 (and of the same, λαμπρὸν παμφαίνῃσι 5.6))]; λαμπρὰ σελήνη Hes.[same places],[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.44; πρὶν ἡμέραν λ. γενέσθαι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.27)]; of the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1483, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1045, etc., see below 11.3)]; of metallic bodies, λ. φάλοι, κόρυθες, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.132, 17.269)]: neuter as adverb, θώρηκες λαμπρὸν γανόωντες [Refs (13.265.)]
2 of white cloths and the like, bright, λαμπρὸς δ᾽ ἦν ἠέλιος ὥς [ὁ χιτών] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.234; δέρμα.. -ότατον λευκότητι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64)]; λ. ἐσθής, = Latin toga candida, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.5.1.)]
3 of water, clear, limpid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 695, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.19)]; of air, λ. ἠήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 15; αἰθήρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 829 (_superlative_, Lyric poetry).)]
4 of sound or voice, clear, distinct, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 51d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.199; λαμπρὰ κηρύσσειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 864; φωνὴ -οτέρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 545a12)]; opposed to φ. ἀσαφής, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Aud.” 801b22; λαμπρὸν ἀνολολύξαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.768d; compare λάμπω 1.2.)]
5 metaphorically, of vigorous action, λ. ἄνεμος a keen wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1180)]; λ. ἤδη καὶ μέγας καθιείς swooping down like a fresh and mighty breeze, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 430, compare 760)]; λαμπρὸς φανήσεται he will come furiously forth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 280)]; λ. μάχη a keenly contested battle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.12.5; - ότερος κίνδυνος [prev. author] 1.45.9.)] adverb -ρῶς, ἐπικείμενοι vigorously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.71)]; utterly, λ. ἡττῆσθαι, λ. περιεστοιχίσθαι, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 4.4, 9.1.)]
6 metaphorically also, clear, manifest, μαρτύρια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 797; ταῦτ᾽ ἐπειδὴ λαμπρὰ συμβαίνει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1174; ἴχνη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.5; γεγενημένης τῆς νίκης λ. ἤδη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.55)]; λ. φυγή decisive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.11.3)]. adverb - ρῶς, κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 833; λελυμένων λ. τῶν σπονδῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7; λ. νικᾶν 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.10.4)]; λαμπρῶς ἐλέγετο it was said without concealment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.67.)]
II of persons, well-known, illustrious by deeds, station, etc., λ. ἐν τῇσι Ἀθήνῃσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.125; ἐν τοῖσι πολέμοισι ἐὼν -ότατος [prev. author] 7.154)]; λ. ἐν [τοῖς κινδύνοις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.269; - οτάτους γενομένους τῶν καθ᾽ ἑαυτούς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138; ἐξ ἀδόξων γενέσθαι λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.89; λ. ἐς γένος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 37; ἐν λόγοις [prev. author] “Supp.” [902])]; as honorary title, -ότατος, = Latin clarissimus, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.911, 7.91, etc.)]; of cities, councils, etc., ἡ λαμπρὰ τῶν Μιλησίων μητρόπολις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“SIG” 906 A 4 (4th c.AD), compare 867.4 (_superlative_, Ephesus, 2nd c.AD))]; of actions, etc., ἔργον οὐδὲν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν λ. γίνεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72; τὸν βίον λ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1144; τὸ λ. φῶς ἀποσβεννὺς γένους “Tragica Adespota” 9.)]
II.2 magnificent, munificent, λ. ἐν ταῖς λειτουργίαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.56, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.153 (_superlative_))]; ὁ λ. καὶ πλούσιος οὗτος [Refs ([prev. work] 174.)] adverb - ρῶς, χορηγεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.12, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1122b22.)]
II.3 bright, joyous, λ. ὥσπερ ὄμματι, of the bearer of good news, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 81, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.10)]; λαμπρὸν ἐξέπεμψα with bright hopes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1130; λ. ταῖς ἐλπίσιν 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.64b)]; also ὄμματι δέρκομαι λαμπρόν, of one clear in conscience, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.66.)]
III of outward appearance, splendid, brilliant, νυμφίον.. λ. ὄντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 859)]; of a horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.956.87, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.1; in dress, [prev. author] “Cyn.” 2.4.5 (_superlative_))]; of youthful bloom, ὥρᾳ ἡλικίας λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54)]; of healthy look, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 24;)] of property, dress, etc., εἴ τί γ᾽ ἔστι λ. καὶ καλόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 144, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 316.5; κατασκευή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.4 (_comparative_))]; λ. κάλλος beaming beauty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250b, etc.: more generally λ. τι ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.15)]; τὸ λ. splendour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.34; λ. γενέσθαι βουλόμεσθα τοὺς γάμους Euangelus Comicus 1.3)]. adverb -ῶς, opposed to λιτῶς, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 30)]: superlative -ότατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.1)]; later -οτάτως [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“JHS” 44.26 (Ancyra, 2nd c.AD).)]
III.2 of language, brilliant, τῶν διθυράμβων τὰ λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1388)]; λ. λέξις ornamental diction, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1460b4; λόγος 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.9.)]
IV Astrology texts, of degrees in a zodiacal sign, ἑκάστου ζῳδίου λαμπρὰς μοίρας ἐξέθεντο [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.1, +others)]
V for adverb -ρῶς, see above [Refs (1.5 and 6, 11.2, 111.1.)]
feminine -ή in Epic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.269, 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 3.3), but -ά in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 19, 371)]:— bright, radiant, of the sun and stars, λ. φάος ἠελίοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.605; ἀστήρ 4.77)]; -ότατος, of Sirius, [Refs (22.30 (and of the same, λαμπρὸν παμφαίνῃσι 5.6))]; λαμπρὰ σελήνη Hes.[same places],[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.44; πρὶν ἡμέραν λ. γενέσθαι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.27)]; of the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1483, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1045, etc., see below 11.3)]; of metallic bodies, λ. φάλοι, κόρυθες, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.132, 17.269)]: neuter as adverb, θώρηκες λαμπρὸν γανόωντες [Refs (13.265.)]
2 of white cloths and the like, bright, λαμπρὸς δ᾽ ἦν ἠέλιος ὥς [ὁ χιτών] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.234; δέρμα.. -ότατον λευκότητι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64)]; λ. ἐσθής, = Latin toga candida, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.5.1.)]
3 of water, clear, limpid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 695, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.19)]; of air, λ. ἠήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 15; αἰθήρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 829 (_superlative_, Lyric poetry).)]
4 of sound or voice, clear, distinct, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 51d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.199; λαμπρὰ κηρύσσειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 864; φωνὴ -οτέρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 545a12)]; opposed to φ. ἀσαφής, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Aud.” 801b22; λαμπρὸν ἀνολολύξαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.768d; compare λάμπω 1.2.)]
5 metaphorically, of vigorous action, λ. ἄνεμος a keen wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1180)]; λ. ἤδη καὶ μέγας καθιείς swooping down like a fresh and mighty breeze, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 430, compare 760)]; λαμπρὸς φανήσεται he will come furiously forth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 280)]; λ. μάχη a keenly contested battle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.12.5; - ότερος κίνδυνος [prev. author] 1.45.9.)] adverb -ρῶς, ἐπικείμενοι vigorously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.71)]; utterly, λ. ἡττῆσθαι, λ. περιεστοιχίσθαι, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 4.4, 9.1.)]
6 metaphorically also, clear, manifest, μαρτύρια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 797; ταῦτ᾽ ἐπειδὴ λαμπρὰ συμβαίνει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1174; ἴχνη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.5; γεγενημένης τῆς νίκης λ. ἤδη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.55)]; λ. φυγή decisive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.11.3)]. adverb - ρῶς, κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 833; λελυμένων λ. τῶν σπονδῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7; λ. νικᾶν 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.10.4)]; λαμπρῶς ἐλέγετο it was said without concealment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.67.)]
II of persons, well-known, illustrious by deeds, station, etc., λ. ἐν τῇσι Ἀθήνῃσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.125; ἐν τοῖσι πολέμοισι ἐὼν -ότατος [prev. author] 7.154)]; λ. ἐν [τοῖς κινδύνοις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.269; - οτάτους γενομένους τῶν καθ᾽ ἑαυτούς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138; ἐξ ἀδόξων γενέσθαι λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.89; λ. ἐς γένος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 37; ἐν λόγοις [prev. author] “Supp.” [902])]; as honorary title, -ότατος, = Latin clarissimus, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.911, 7.91, etc.)]; of cities, councils, etc., ἡ λαμπρὰ τῶν Μιλησίων μητρόπολις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“SIG” 906 A 4 (4th c.AD), compare 867.4 (_superlative_, Ephesus, 2nd c.AD))]; of actions, etc., ἔργον οὐδὲν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν λ. γίνεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72; τὸν βίον λ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1144; τὸ λ. φῶς ἀποσβεννὺς γένους “Tragica Adespota” 9.)]
II.2 magnificent, munificent, λ. ἐν ταῖς λειτουργίαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.56, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.153 (_superlative_))]; ὁ λ. καὶ πλούσιος οὗτος [Refs ([prev. work] 174.)] adverb - ρῶς, χορηγεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.12, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1122b22.)]
II.3 bright, joyous, λ. ὥσπερ ὄμματι, of the bearer of good news, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 81, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.10)]; λαμπρὸν ἐξέπεμψα with bright hopes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1130; λ. ταῖς ἐλπίσιν 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.64b)]; also ὄμματι δέρκομαι λαμπρόν, of one clear in conscience, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.66.)]
III of outward appearance, splendid, brilliant, νυμφίον.. λ. ὄντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 859)]; of a horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.956.87, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.1; in dress, [prev. author] “Cyn.” 2.4.5 (_superlative_))]; of youthful bloom, ὥρᾳ ἡλικίας λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54)]; of healthy look, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 24;)] of property, dress, etc., εἴ τί γ᾽ ἔστι λ. καὶ καλόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 144, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 316.5; κατασκευή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.4 (_comparative_))]; λ. κάλλος beaming beauty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250b, etc.: more generally λ. τι ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.15)]; τὸ λ. splendour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.34; λ. γενέσθαι βουλόμεσθα τοὺς γάμους Euangelus Comicus 1.3)]. adverb -ῶς, opposed to λιτῶς, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 30)]: superlative -ότατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.1)]; later -οτάτως [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“JHS” 44.26 (Ancyra, 2nd c.AD).)]
III.2 of language, brilliant, τῶν διθυράμβων τὰ λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1388)]; λ. λέξις ornamental diction, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1460b4; λόγος 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.9.)]
IV Astrology texts, of degrees in a zodiacal sign, ἑκάστου ζῳδίου λαμπρὰς μοίρας ἐξέθεντο [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.1, +others)]
V for adverb -ρῶς, see above [Refs (1.5 and 6, 11.2, 111.1.)]