Lexical Summary lampas: a torch Original Word: λαμπάςTransliteration: lampas Phonetic Spelling: (lam-pas') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a torch Meaning: a torch Strong's Concordance lamp, light, torch. From lampo; a "lamp" or flambeau -- lamp, light, torch. see GREEK lampo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2985: λαμπάςλαμπάς, λαμπάδος, ἡ (λάμπω, cf. our lamp) (from Aeschylus and Thucydides down), the Sept. for לַפִּיד; 1. a torch: Revelation 4:5 (where A. V. lamps); 2. a lamp, the flame of which is fed with oil: Matthew 25:1, 3f, 7; John 18:3; Acts 20:8. (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xlvi.; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 455ff; Becker, Charicles, Sc. ix. (English translation, p. 163).) |