Quick Definition
λυχνία, ας, ἡ n.f. a lamp-stand
Strong's Definition
from 3088; a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: candlestick
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | λύχνος
6.105 · Artifacts · Lights and Light Holders
lampstand a stand designed to hold a single lamp or a series of lamps One may translate ‘lampstand’ as ‘something on which a lamp could be placed’ or ‘a place for putting lamps.’
MAT 5:15 · MRK 4:21 · LUK 8:16 · LUK 11:33 · HEB 9:2 · REV 1:12 · REV 1:13 · REV 1:20 · REV 1:20 · REV 2:1 · REV 2:5 · REV 11:4
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λυχνία, -as, ἡ, ἃ later Grk. word for the earlier λυχνίον, see Lob. ad Phryn. p. 313 sq.; [Wetst.on Mt.v.15; W. 24]; Sept. for 17/319; α (candlestick) lampstand, candelabrum: Mt. v.15; Mk. iv. 21; Lk. viii. 16; [xi.33]; Heb. ix. 2; the two eminent prophets who will precede Christ’s return from heaven in glory are likened to ‘ candlesticks,’ 384 Ave Rev. xi. 4 [Β. 81 (70); W. 536 (499)]; to the seven ‘candlesticks’ (Ex. xxv. 37 [A. V. lamps; cf. B. D. (esp. Am. ed.) s. ν. Candlestick]) also the seven more com spicuous churches of Asia are compared in Rev. i. 12 sq. 205 ii. 1; κινεῖν τὴν λυχνίαν τινὸς (ἐκκλησίας) ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς, to move achurch out of the place which it has hitherto held among the churches; to take it out of the number of churches, remove it altogether, Rev. ii. δ.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λυχνία lychnia 12x
a candlestick, lampstand, Mt. 5:15; met. a candlestick, as a figure of a Christian church, Rev. 1:12, 13, 20; of a teacher or prophet, Rev. 11:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λυχνία, -ας, ἡ
(vulgar form of λυχνίον = λυχνοῦχος; v. Kennedy, Sources, 40), [in LXX for מְנוֹרָה (Ex 25:31 40:4, al.);]
a lampstand: Mt 5:15, Mk 4:21, Lk 8:16 11:33; of that in the Tabernacle, He 9:2; metaph., of the two witnesses, Re 11:4; of the seven churches of Asia, Re 1:12, 13, 20 2:1; of the removal of a church from its position, κινεῖν τ. λυχνίαν κ.τ.λ., Re 2:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λυχνία is another form οἵ λυχνεῖον, ‘‘ lamp-stand,’’ which in later Greek passed from the vernacular into the LXX and cf. Lob. Phryn. p. 313 f. λυχνίαν ἀντὶ τοῦ λύχνιον (λέγε), ὡς ἡ κωμῳδία. If we may amend the editor’s accent in keeping with the context, λυχνία is found as early as B.C. 284-3 in P Eleph 57 λυχνία (instead of λύχνια) σιδηρᾶ a, and Mayser (Gr. p. 425) quotes it in Asia Minor before B.c. 243, e.g. C7G II. 2852 51 (Didym.) : see also OGZS 21418 (B.C. 240) τήν τε λυχνίαν τὴν μεγάλην, © λυχνία χαλκῆ μεγάλη, and cf. Cos 36 α.7 (= Sy// 73448) λυχνίας δύο, Kall] λύχνους χαλκοῦς ἑπταπύρους δύο, ‘two stands for lamps, and two bronze lamps with seven wicks’’ (Edd.). Other exx. from the papyri are P Lond 402! (B.c. 152 or 141) (= IT. p. 11) λυχνίαν, P Oxy IV. 736° (¢. A.D. 1) κόλλητρα λυχνίας (ὀβολοὶ δύο) (ἡμιωβέλιον), ‘cost of tinkering a lamp-stand φᾷ ob.,’’ P Tebt II. 41419 (ii/A.D.) τὸν σκύφον καὶ τὴν λυχνίαν καὶ τὸ σφυρίδιν, “‘ the can, the lampstand, the little basket,’’ 76. 41613 (c. A.D. 266) λυχνεία τελεία σὺν ἔρωτι καὶ λυχ[νί)ῳ, ““α complete lamp-stand with a Cupidand lamp” (Edd.), and P Grenf II. 1115: (inventory of church property—v/vi A.D.) λυχνίαι χαλκί(αῖ) δ, λυχνίαι otSyp(at) B. In connexion with the Hebrew tombs in Phrygia, Sir W. M. Ramsay mentions (#xf 7 xxvi. p. 173) that only in one case has he seen the characteristically Hebrew symbol of the seven-branched candlestick, namely C. and B. ii. p. 651 f., No. 561, where it is found beneath the inscr. ὑπὲρ εὐχῆ πάση τῇ πατρίδι. We may add the Alexandrian inser. Preisigke 369 Τούδα with the same symbol reproduced below.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λυχνία (luchnia) — lampstand. λυχν-ία, ἡ, lampstand, [NT+4th c.BC+]