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Strong's G3087 · Greek

λυχνία

luchnia · lookh-nee'-ah

from 3088; a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

λυχνία (G3087)

12 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 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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