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G4744 στίλβω (stílbō)
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Quick Definition

στίλβω v. I shine, glisten, flash

Strong's Definition

apparently a primary verb; to gleam, i.e. flash intensely

KJV Usage: shining

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb

14.47 · Physical Events and States · Light

to glisten, to dazzle, to gleam, to flash to give off or to reflect a very bright light

MRK 9:3

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

στίλβω ; to shine, glisten: of garments (as in Hom. IL 3, 392; 18, 596; cf. Plat. Phaedo 59 p. 110 d.), Mk. ix. 3.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

στίλβω stilbō 1x

to shine, glisten, be radiant, Mk. 9:3*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

στίλβω

[in LXX: Na 3:3 (לַהַב), etc. ;]

to shine, glisten: Mk 9:3.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

στίλβω, ‘“shine,”’ ‘‘glisten”? (Mk 93) : cf. Aazbe/ 9181 Mapktavot στίλβει τύπος ᾿Εἰλλάδος ἀνθυπάτοιο, 2. 810° ναοί μοι στίλβουσιν ὑπ᾽ ἠόνος. In the epithalamium P Masp III. 673183 (Byz.) reference is made to σεμνὸν del στίλβοντα γάμον. See also Bacchyl. XVII. 55 ὀμμάτων δὲ στίλβειν ἄπο Aapviav φοίνισσαν φλόγα, ‘a fiery light, as of the Lemnian flame, flashes from his eyes ’’ (Jebb).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

στίλβω (stilbō) — to shine. στίλβ-ω, chiefly present and imperfect: aorist ἔστιλψα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—glitter, gleam, of polished or bright surfaces, χιτῶνας.. ἦκα στίλβοντας ἐλαίῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λαμπραὶ δ᾽ ἀκτῖνες ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ αἰγλῆεν στίλβουσι beam from him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ὅπλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰδὼν στίλβοντα τὰ λάβδα, i.e. the λ upon the Spartan shields, [NT+5th c.BC+]; of sleek horses, σ. ὥστε κύκνου πτερόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of brilliant complexion, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of water in motion, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the white gleam on the eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of fixed stars, opposed to planets (exc. Mercury, see at {στίλβων}), twinkle, [Refs 4th c.BC+] flash lightning, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. metaphorically, shine, be bright, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. transitive,= στιλπνόω, στίλβει πρόσωπον [Refs 1st c.AD+]

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