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G4744 στίλβω (stílbō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I shine, glisten, flash

Strong's Definition

to gleam, i.e. flash intensely

Derivation: apparently a primary verb;

KJV Usage: shining

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

στίλβω; to shine, glisten: of garments (as in Homer, Iliad 3, 392; 18, 596; cf. Plato, Phaedo 59, p. 110 d.), Mar_9:3.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

στίλβω stilbō 1x to shine, glisten, be radiant, Mar_9:3

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

στίλβω , [in LXX : Nah_3:3 ( H3851 ), etc.;] to shine, glisten: Mar_9:3 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

στίλβω [page 590] shine, glisten ( Mar_9:3 ) : cf. Kaibel 918 .1 Μαρ̣κιανοῦ στίλβει τύπος Ἑλλάδος ἀνθυπάτοιο , ib. 810 .3 ναοί μοι στίλβουσιν ὑπ᾽ ᾐόνος . In the epithalamium P Masp III. 67318 .3 (Byz.) reference is made to σε̣μ̣ν̣ὸν ἀεὶ στίλβοντα γάμον . See also Bacchyl. XVII. 55 ὀμμάτων δὲ στίλβειν ἄπο Λαμνίαν φοίνισσαν φλόγα , a fiery light, as of the Lemnian flame, flashes from his eyes (Jebb).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

στίλβω [Etym: chiefly in pres. and imperf.] "to glisten", Hom. , Eur. ; c. acc. cogn., στ. ἀστραπάς "to flash" lightning, Eur. :—metaph. "to shine, be bright", id=Eur.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

στίλβω [in LXX: Nam.3:3 (לַהַב), etc. ;] to shine, glisten: Mrk.9:3.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

9:3

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