Quick Definition
a torch, lamp, lantern
Strong's Definition
a "lamp" or flambeau
Derivation: from G2989 (λάμπω);
KJV Usage: lamp, light, torch
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λαμπάς, λαμπάδος, ἡ (λάμπω, cf. our lamp) (from Aeschylus and Thucydides down), the Sept. for μΗτΔΜιγ;
1. a torch: Rev_4:5 (where A. V. lamps); .
2. a lamp, the flame of which is fed with oil: Matthew 25:1 , 3 f, 7 ; Joh_18:3; Act_20:8. (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xlvi.; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 455ff; Becker, Charicles, Sc. ix. (English translation, p. 163).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λαμπάς lamp as 9x
a light, Act_20:8 ;
a lamp, Rev_4:5 ; Rev_8:10 ,
a portable lamp, lantern, torch, Mat_25:1 ; Mat_25:3-4 ; Mat_25:7-8 ; Joh_18:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λαμπάς , -άδος , ἡ
( < λάμπω ),
[in LXX for H3940 ;]
a torch ( freq . fed, like a lamp, with oil): Mat_25:1 ff ., Joh_18:3 , Act_20:8 , Rev_4:5 ; Rev_8:10 .†
† ὑπολαμπάς , -άδος , ἡ ,
a window: Act_20:8 D (for λαμπάς ; v. MM , xxv).†
SYN.: λύχνος G3088 , lamp, q.v. ; φανός G5322 , torch or lantern; cf. Ruther\-ford's NPhr., 131 f .; Tr., Syn. , § xlvi; DCG , s.v. lamp; DB , iii, 43 f .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λαμπάς [page 369]
In a long list of persons charged with furnishing supplies in view of an official visit from the Prefect to Hermopolis in A.D. 145 47 mention is made of the following : ἐπὶ ξύλ (ων ) καὶ ἀνθράκων καὶ φαμῶ (ν ) καὶ λαμπάδ (ων ) οἱ προόντες (P Lond 1159 .59 = 111. P. 113, Chrest. I. p. 493 ). See also BGU III. 717 .12 (dowry A.D. 149) κάτοπτ [ρ ]ον δίπτυχον , λαμπάδα , P Oxy XII. 1449 .19 (return of temple property A.D. 213 217) λαμπάδ (ες ) ἀργ (υραῖ ) κ̣αλα̣ι̣. For the noun = torch in connexion with a torch-race cf. OGIS 764 .43 al . (ii/B.C.), Michel 884 .6 (B.C. 164 3), 893 .17 (i/ B.C.). MGr λαμπάδα , lamp, candlestick.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
λαμπάς, -άδος, ἡ
(λάμπω), [in LXX for לַפִּיד ;]
a torch (frequently fed, like a lamp, with oil): Mat.25:1 ff., Jhn.18:3, Act.20:8, Rev.4:5 8:10.†
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