Strong G2989λάμπω
to shine
- Transliteration
- lampō
- Pronunciation
- lam'-po
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to beam that is radiate brilliancy (literally or figuratively): - give light shine.
Detailed definition
λάμπω
[in LXX for נָגַהּ, etc.;]
to shine: Mat.5:15-16 17:2, Luk.17:24, Act.12:7, 2Co.4:6 (cf. ἐκ-, περι-λάμπω).†
(AS)
[in LXX for נָגַהּ, etc.;]
to shine: Mat.5:15-16 17:2, Luk.17:24, Act.12:7, 2Co.4:6 (cf. ἐκ-, περι-λάμπω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2989 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shine3
- shin2
- light1
- shineth1
First verses
- Matthew 5:15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
- Matthew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- Luke 17:24For 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.
- Acts 12:7And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
λάμπω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.474, etc.)]; Ionic dialectIterat. λάμπεσκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 84.6, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus (see. below))]: future -ψω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 66, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.249 (Antip.))]: aorist ἔλαμψα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.82 (variant), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 473 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 62, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 335d:)]perfect λέλαμπα (in present sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1025, “Tr.” 1295 (both Lyric poetry))]:—middle, [Refs (“Hymni Homerici” 31.13, etc.:)]imperfect ἐλαμπόμην, Epic dialect λαμπ-, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.319, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1194)]: future λάμψομαι (ἐλλ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80)]:—passive, future λαμφθήσομαι (ἐλλ-) [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.3)]: aorist ἐλάμφθην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.10.1)] (περι-): from these late forms of passive must be distinguished the similar Ionic dialect forms of λαμβάνω:—give light, shine, of the gleam of arms, τῆλε δὲ χαλκὸς λάμφ᾽ ὥς τε στεροπή [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.154, compare 11.66)]; λάμπε δὲ χαλκῷ, of Hector,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (12.463; φῶς λάμπεσκεν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus [same place]; ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν δὲ κακὸν πῦρ.. λάμπεσκε 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.19)]; of the eyes, ὀφθαλμὼ δ᾽ ἄρα οἱ πυρὶ λάμπετον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.474)]; of the sun, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.23, etc.)]; of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1007; ἄλσος λάμπεν ὑπὸ δεινοῖο θεοῦ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 71)]:—middle, κόρυθος -ομένης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.71; λάμπετο δουρὸς αἰχμή 6.319; δαΐδων ὕπο -ομενάων 18.492, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” (only in this phrase) 19.48, 23.290; χαλκὸς ἐλάμπετο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.134)]; of a person, - όμενος πυρί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (15.623; τεύχεσι λ. 20.46, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 60; ὄσσε -έσθην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.608; πεδίον.. λάμπετο χαλκῷ 20.156, etc.)]
2 of sound, ring loud and clear, παιὰν δὲ λάμπει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 186 (Lyric poetry), compare 473 (Lyric poetry);compare λαμπρός 1.4.)]
3 metaphorically, shine forth, be famous or conspicuous, λάμπει κλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.23; ἀρετά [prev. author] “I.” 1.22, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 776 (Lyric poetry); δίκα δὲ λάμπει μὲν ἐν δυσκάπνοις δώμασιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 773 (Lyric poetry); τέκνων οἷς ἂν λάμπωσιν νεάνιδες ἧβαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 476 (Lyric poetry); κάλλος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250d.)]
3.b Astrology texts, of a planet, occupy a favourable position, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 51.)]
4 of persons, φαιδρὸς λάμποντι μετώπῳ with beaming face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 550 (_anapaest meter_))]; shine, gain glory, οὐδ᾽ εἰ Κλέων γ᾽ ἔλαμψε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “V.” [same place]; ἐν ἄλλοις βουσὶν ἰὼν λάμπεσκεν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.141.)]
II transitive, cause to shine, illumine, δόλιον ἀκταῖς ἀστέρα λάμψας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1131 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ion” 83 (_anapaest meter_), “Ph.” 226, “Anthologia Graeca” [where cited], “Tragica Adespota” 33, etc.)]—Found chiefly in poetry and Comedy texts, though the present and imperfect occur in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.11 (_middle_), “Mem.” 4.7.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 419a4)], and late Prose, and the aorist in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.82 (variant), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 395a15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 3, etc.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.474, etc.)]; Ionic dialectIterat. λάμπεσκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 84.6, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus (see. below))]: future -ψω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 66, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.249 (Antip.))]: aorist ἔλαμψα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.82 (variant), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 473 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 62, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 335d:)]perfect λέλαμπα (in present sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1025, “Tr.” 1295 (both Lyric poetry))]:—middle, [Refs (“Hymni Homerici” 31.13, etc.:)]imperfect ἐλαμπόμην, Epic dialect λαμπ-, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.319, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1194)]: future λάμψομαι (ἐλλ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80)]:—passive, future λαμφθήσομαι (ἐλλ-) [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.3)]: aorist ἐλάμφθην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.10.1)] (περι-): from these late forms of passive must be distinguished the similar Ionic dialect forms of λαμβάνω:—give light, shine, of the gleam of arms, τῆλε δὲ χαλκὸς λάμφ᾽ ὥς τε στεροπή [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.154, compare 11.66)]; λάμπε δὲ χαλκῷ, of Hector,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (12.463; φῶς λάμπεσκεν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus [same place]; ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν δὲ κακὸν πῦρ.. λάμπεσκε 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.19)]; of the eyes, ὀφθαλμὼ δ᾽ ἄρα οἱ πυρὶ λάμπετον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.474)]; of the sun, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.23, etc.)]; of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1007; ἄλσος λάμπεν ὑπὸ δεινοῖο θεοῦ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 71)]:—middle, κόρυθος -ομένης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.71; λάμπετο δουρὸς αἰχμή 6.319; δαΐδων ὕπο -ομενάων 18.492, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” (only in this phrase) 19.48, 23.290; χαλκὸς ἐλάμπετο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.134)]; of a person, - όμενος πυρί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (15.623; τεύχεσι λ. 20.46, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 60; ὄσσε -έσθην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.608; πεδίον.. λάμπετο χαλκῷ 20.156, etc.)]
2 of sound, ring loud and clear, παιὰν δὲ λάμπει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 186 (Lyric poetry), compare 473 (Lyric poetry);compare λαμπρός 1.4.)]
3 metaphorically, shine forth, be famous or conspicuous, λάμπει κλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.23; ἀρετά [prev. author] “I.” 1.22, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 776 (Lyric poetry); δίκα δὲ λάμπει μὲν ἐν δυσκάπνοις δώμασιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 773 (Lyric poetry); τέκνων οἷς ἂν λάμπωσιν νεάνιδες ἧβαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 476 (Lyric poetry); κάλλος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250d.)]
3.b Astrology texts, of a planet, occupy a favourable position, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 51.)]
4 of persons, φαιδρὸς λάμποντι μετώπῳ with beaming face, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 550 (_anapaest meter_))]; shine, gain glory, οὐδ᾽ εἰ Κλέων γ᾽ ἔλαμψε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “V.” [same place]; ἐν ἄλλοις βουσὶν ἰὼν λάμπεσκεν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.141.)]
II transitive, cause to shine, illumine, δόλιον ἀκταῖς ἀστέρα λάμψας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1131 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ion” 83 (_anapaest meter_), “Ph.” 226, “Anthologia Graeca” [where cited], “Tragica Adespota” 33, etc.)]—Found chiefly in poetry and Comedy texts, though the present and imperfect occur in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.11 (_middle_), “Mem.” 4.7.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 419a4)], and late Prose, and the aorist in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.82 (variant), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 395a15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 3, etc.)]