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G2989 λάμπω (lámpō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I shine

Strong's Definition

to beam, i.e. radiate brilliancy (literally or figuratively)

Derivation: a primary verb;

KJV Usage: give light, shine

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

λάμπω; future λαμψω (2Co_4:6 L text T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἐλαμψα; (from Homer down); to shine: Mat_5:15; Mat_17:2; Luk_17:24; Act_12:7; 2Co_4:6. (Compare: ἐκλάμπω, περιλάμπω.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

λάμπω lampō 7x to shine, give light, Mat_5:15-16 ; Mat_17:2 ; to flash, shine, Luk_17:24 ; Act_12:7 ; 2Co_4:6

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

λάμπω , [in LXX for H5050 , etc.;] to shine: Mat_5:15-16 ; Mat_17:2 , Luk_17:24 , Act_12:7 , 2Co_4:6 ( cf. ἐκ -, περι -λάμπω ).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

λάμπω [page 370] P Leid W xvii. 23 ( ii/iii A.D.) ὀφθαλμοί εἰσιν ἀκάματοι , λάμποντες ἐν ταῖς κόραις τῶν ἀνθρώπων of a god s eyes. Over the door of the Church of St. George at Zorava, erected on the site of a pagan temple, the following inscr. was engraved θεοῦ γέγονεν οἶκος τὸ τῶν δαιμόνων καταγώγιον , φῶς σωτήριον ἔλαμψεν ὅπου σκότος ἐκάλυπτεν κτλ . ( OGIS 610 .1 f. vi/A.D.) : cf. 2Co_4:6 . The verb survives in MGr λάμπω , shine, light.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

λάμπω "to give light, shine, beam, be bright, brilliant, radiant", of the gleam of arms, Il. ; of the eyes, id=Il. ; of fire, Soph. :—Mid. or Pass., λαμπομένης κόρυθος Il. , etc. of sound, "to be clear, ring loud and clear", Soph. metaph. "to shine forth, to be famous or conspicuous", Aesch. , Eur. , etc. of persons, φαιδρὸς λάμποντι μετώπωι with "beaming" face, Ar. : "to shine, gain glory", id=Ar. trans. "to make to shine, light up", Eur. , Anth.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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)

Bible Occurrences (6)

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