φῶς

73 φῶς (Att.. contr. from φάος ; φάω ), gen., φωτός, τό , [in LXX chiefly for אוֹר ;] light (opp. to τὸ σκότος, ἡ σκοτία ): Mt 17:2 , 5 , Jo 11:9 , 10 , II Co 4:6 ; ἡλίου , Re 22:5 ; of a lamp, Lk 8:16 11:33 , Jo 5:35 , Re 18:23 ; of a supernatural heavenly light, Ac 9:3 12:7 22:6 , 9 , 11 26:13 ; hence, ἄγγελος φωτός , II Co 11:14 ; ὁ κλήρος τ. ἁγίων ἐν τ. φ. , Col 1:12 ; of the divine glory, Re 21:24 ; by meton., of that which gives light: of fire, Mk 14:54 , Lk 22:56 (cl.; I Mac 12:29 ; cf. DCG , i, 595); pl., of a lamp or torch, Ac 16:29 ; of heavenly bodies, Ja 1:17 . Metaph., of God: I Jo 1:5 , 7 ; φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον , I Ti 6:16 ; of spiritual truth and its effects on the lives of men: Mt 4:16 5:16 , Jo 1:4 , 5 3:19-21 , Ac 26:18 , 23 , II Co 6:14 , Eph 5:13 , I Pe 2:9 , I Jo 2:8 ; τ. φ. τ. ζωῆς , Jo 8:12 ; τ. ὅπλα τοῦ φ. , Ro 13:12 ; καρπὸς τοῦ φ. , Eph 5:9 ; έν τ. φ. περιπατεῖν ( εἶναι, μένειν ), I Jo 1:7 2:9 , 10 ; υἱοὶ ( τέκνα ) τοῦ φ. , Lk 16:8 , Jo 12:36 , Eph 5:8 , I Th 5:5 ; by meton., of one from whom truth shines forth: Ac 13:47 (LXX) , Ro 2:19 ; esp. of Christ, Lk 2:32 , Jo 1:7 , 8 12:35 , 36 , 46 ; τ. φ. τ. κόσμου , Jo 8:12 9:5 ; τ. φ. τ. ἀληθινόν , Jo 1:9 ; of Christians, Mt 5:14 , Eph 5:8 ; of the spiritual under­standing: τ. φ. τὸ ἐν σοί , Mt 6:23 , Lk 11:35 ; adverbially, of that which is open to view (opp. to ἐν τ. σκοτίᾳ ): ἐν τ. φ. , Mt 10:27 , Lk 12:3 .† SYN. : v.s. φέγγος