Strong G5338φέγγος
brightness
- Transliteration
- pheggos
- Pronunciation
- feng'-gos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Detailed definition
φέγγος, -ους, τό
[in LXX chiefly for נֹגַהּ;]
light, brightness, usually with genitive of something that shines or reflects: of the moon, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24; of a lamp, Luk.11:33 (WH, RV, φῶς).†
SYN.: αὐγή, q.v (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נֹגַהּ;]
light, brightness, usually with genitive of something that shines or reflects: of the moon, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24; of a lamp, Luk.11:33 (WH, RV, φῶς).†
SYN.: αὐγή, q.v (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5338 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- light3
First verses
- Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
- Mark 13:24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
- Luke 11:33No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
φέγγος, εος, τό,
light, splendour, lustre, τῆλε δὲ φ. ἀπὸ χροὸς ἀθανάτοιο λάμπε θεᾶς [LXX+4th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 278; τὸ φ. τῆς χρόας 4th-3rd c.BC: Duris Epigrammaticus 14 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; τὸ φ. τῆς δόξης Κυρίου LXX.Eze.10.4)]; φ. ἀστραπῆς ὅπλων[LXX (LXX.Hab.3.11)]: frequently like{φάος}, of daylight, either absolutely or with some word added, φ. ἡλίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 377, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 606, etc.; τὸ φ. τοῦ θεοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 722)]; without the Article, φ. εἰσορᾶν θεοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Or.” 1025, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 673)]; ὦ φέγγος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 859, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 866; ὦ φ. ἡμέρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1577; δεκάτῳ φέγγει ἔτους in the tenth year, [prev. work] 504.)]
b moonlight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.4)]; νυκτερινὰ φέγγη, opposed to ἡμερινὸν φῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 508c; ἐὰν τὸ φ. ἐκλείψῃ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 4.172, compare 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 38.255; φῶς ἡμέρας, φέγγος σελήνης 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] see at {φέγγο; τὸ φ. [τοῦ γάλακτος}], of the milky way, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 346a26.)]
c of men, φ. ἰδεῖν, προσιδεῖν, to see the light, come into the world, ἐπεὶ πάμπρωτον εἶδον φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.111; ἀελίου προσιδεῖν φ. 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.162; λιπεῖν φ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 954; ὄλωλα, φ. οὐκέτ᾽ ἔστι μοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1144.)]
d day, τριταῖον ἤδη φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 32, compare 2nd c.BC: Sosiphanes Tragicus 3.1)]; μοιρίδιον φ. ={μ. ἦμαρ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Eleg.” 2.)]
2 the light of torches or fire, φ. λαμπάδων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1022)]; πυρός[Refs ([prev. work] 1029, “Ch.” 1037)]: a light, torch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 448, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.9)]; plural φέγγη torches or watch-fires, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 10.26 (conjecture), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 25, etc.)]
3 the light of the eyes, φ. ὀμμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 368, 1035; ὄσσων 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.75)]; τυφλὸν φ, i.e. blindness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1068 (Lyric poetry).)]
II light, as a metaphorically for delight, glory, pride, joy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.97, “N.” 3.64, 4.13; τί γὰρ γυναικὶ τούτου φ. ἥδιον δρακεῖν, ἀπὸ στρατείας ἀνδρὶ σώσαντος θεοῦ πύλας ἀνοῖξα; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 602)]; of persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.42; μέγα βροτοῖσι φ. Ἀσκληπιόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 640 (Lyric poetry); Μουσέων φ. Ὅμηρον “Anthologia Graeca” 7.6 (Antip. Sid.); ὦ ταῖς ἱεραῖς φ. Ἀθήναις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1319 (_anapaest meter_); πλοῦτος.. ἀνδρὶ φ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.56)]; φ. ὀπώρας, of wine, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 153.)]
II.2 lustre, δικαιοσύνης καὶ σωφροσύνης [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250b; φ. ἐλέους LXX.3Mac.6.4; τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ γάνωμα καὶ τὸ φ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.792a, etc.)]
light, splendour, lustre, τῆλε δὲ φ. ἀπὸ χροὸς ἀθανάτοιο λάμπε θεᾶς [LXX+4th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 278; τὸ φ. τῆς χρόας 4th-3rd c.BC: Duris Epigrammaticus 14 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; τὸ φ. τῆς δόξης Κυρίου LXX.Eze.10.4)]; φ. ἀστραπῆς ὅπλων[LXX (LXX.Hab.3.11)]: frequently like{φάος}, of daylight, either absolutely or with some word added, φ. ἡλίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 377, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 606, etc.; τὸ φ. τοῦ θεοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 722)]; without the Article, φ. εἰσορᾶν θεοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Or.” 1025, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 673)]; ὦ φέγγος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 859, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 866; ὦ φ. ἡμέρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1577; δεκάτῳ φέγγει ἔτους in the tenth year, [prev. work] 504.)]
b moonlight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.4)]; νυκτερινὰ φέγγη, opposed to ἡμερινὸν φῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 508c; ἐὰν τὸ φ. ἐκλείψῃ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 4.172, compare 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 38.255; φῶς ἡμέρας, φέγγος σελήνης 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] see at {φέγγο; τὸ φ. [τοῦ γάλακτος}], of the milky way, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 346a26.)]
c of men, φ. ἰδεῖν, προσιδεῖν, to see the light, come into the world, ἐπεὶ πάμπρωτον εἶδον φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.111; ἀελίου προσιδεῖν φ. 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.162; λιπεῖν φ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 954; ὄλωλα, φ. οὐκέτ᾽ ἔστι μοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1144.)]
d day, τριταῖον ἤδη φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 32, compare 2nd c.BC: Sosiphanes Tragicus 3.1)]; μοιρίδιον φ. ={μ. ἦμαρ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Eleg.” 2.)]
2 the light of torches or fire, φ. λαμπάδων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1022)]; πυρός[Refs ([prev. work] 1029, “Ch.” 1037)]: a light, torch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 448, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.9)]; plural φέγγη torches or watch-fires, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 10.26 (conjecture), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 25, etc.)]
3 the light of the eyes, φ. ὀμμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 368, 1035; ὄσσων 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.75)]; τυφλὸν φ, i.e. blindness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1068 (Lyric poetry).)]
II light, as a metaphorically for delight, glory, pride, joy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.97, “N.” 3.64, 4.13; τί γὰρ γυναικὶ τούτου φ. ἥδιον δρακεῖν, ἀπὸ στρατείας ἀνδρὶ σώσαντος θεοῦ πύλας ἀνοῖξα; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 602)]; of persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.42; μέγα βροτοῖσι φ. Ἀσκληπιόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 640 (Lyric poetry); Μουσέων φ. Ὅμηρον “Anthologia Graeca” 7.6 (Antip. Sid.); ὦ ταῖς ἱεραῖς φ. Ἀθήναις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1319 (_anapaest meter_); πλοῦτος.. ἀνδρὶ φ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.56)]; φ. ὀπώρας, of wine, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 153.)]
II.2 lustre, δικαιοσύνης καὶ σωφροσύνης [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250b; φ. ἐλέους LXX.3Mac.6.4; τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ γάνωμα καὶ τὸ φ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.792a, etc.)]