Lexical Summary apaugasma: radiance Original Word: ἀπαύγασμαTransliteration: apaugasma Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ow'-gas-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: radiance Meaning: radiance Strong's Concordance brightness, radianceFrom a compound of apo and augazo; an off-flash, i.e. Effulgence -- brightness. see GREEK apo see GREEK augazo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 541: ἀπαύγασμαἀπαύγασμα, ἀπαυγαστος, τό (from ἀπαυγάζω to emit brightness, and this from αὐγή brightness; cf. ἀποσκίασμα, ἀπείκασμα, ἀπεικονισμα, ἀπηχημα), reflected brightness: Christ is called in Hebrews 1:3 ἀπαύγασμα τῆς δόξης ... τοῦ Θεοῦ, inasmuch as he perfectly reflects the majesty of God; so that the same thing is declared here of Christ metaphysically, which he says of himself in an ethical sense in John 12:45 ( |