φῶς
phōs
compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an obsolete (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays;
compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
- compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί))
- luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fire, light
Usage
73 occurrences · 0 OT · 73 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the light27 · 39%
- light21 · 30%
- a light7 · 10%
- of light6 · 9%
- the fire2 · 3%
- that the light1 · 1%
- that light1 · 1%
- for a light1 · 1%
- hath light1 · 1%
- are ye light1 · 1%
- in the light1 · 1%
- of lights1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.