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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.

2. (n.) Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BRIGHTNESS

brit'-nes: Used by the King James Version in Hebrews 1:3 for "effulgence of his glory," as in the Revised Version (British and American) and the American Standard Revised Version. The Greek apaugasma may mean either "reflection" or "radiation." Patristic usage favors the latter; compare The Wisdom of Solomon 7:26; also the Nicene Creed: "Light of Light," i.e. the Son not only manifests the Father, but is of the same substance. "What emanates from light, must have the nature of light" (Delitzsch).

Greek

2987. lamprotes -- brightness
... brightness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: lamprotes Phonetic Spelling:
(lam-prot'-ace) Short Definition: splendor, brightness Definition ...
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796. astrape -- lightning, brightness
... lightning, brightness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: astrape Phonetic
Spelling: (as-trap-ay') Short Definition: a flash of lightning ...
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5338. pheggos -- light, brightness
... light, brightness. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: pheggos Phonetic
Spelling: (feng'-gos) Short Definition: brightness, light Definition ...
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827. auge -- brightness, spec. daylight
... 826, 827. auge. 828 . brightness, spec. ... Word Origin a prim. word Definition
brightness, spec. daylight NASB Word Usage daybreak (1). break of day. ...
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541. apaugasma -- radiance
... brightness, radiance. From a compound of apo and augazo; an off-flash, ie Effulgence --
brightness. see GREEK apo. see GREEK augazo. (apaugasma) -- 1 Occurrence ...
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2015. epiphaneia -- appearance
... appearance, brightness. From epiphanes; a manifestation, ie (specially) the advent
of Christ (past or future) -- appearing, brightness. see GREEK epiphanes. ...
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1306. diaugazo -- to shine through
... 1306 (from 1223 , "through, thoroughly," intensifying 826 , "shining at ") -- properly,
to shine at , referring to God's holy brightness every form of ...
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1391. doxa -- opinion (always good in NT), hence praise, honor ...
... Word Origin from dokeo Definition opinion (always good in NT), hence praise, honor,
glory NASB Word Usage approval (2), brightness (1), glories (1), glorious (5 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5054. negohah -- brightness
... 5053, 5054. negohah. 5055 . brightness. Transliteration: negohah Phonetic
Spelling: (neg-o-haw') Short Definition: brightness. Word ...
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2096. zohar -- shining, brightness
... 2095, 2096. zohar. 2097 . shining, brightness. Transliteration: zohar
Phonetic Spelling: (zo'-har) Short Definition: brightness. ...
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5051. nogah -- brightness
... 5050, 5051. nogah. 5052 . brightness. Transliteration: nogah Phonetic
Spelling: (no'-gah) Short Definition: brightness. Word Origin ...
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2122. ziv -- brightness, splendor
... 2121, 2122. ziv. 2123 . brightness, splendor. Transliteration: ziv Phonetic
Spelling: (zeev) Short Definition: face. ... brightness, countenance. ...
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934. bahereth -- brightness, bright spot
... 933, 934. bahereth. 935 . brightness, bright spot. Transliteration: bahereth
Phonetic Spelling: (bo-heh'-reth) Short Definition: spot. ...
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5053. nogah -- brightness, daylight
... 5052, 5053. nogah. 5054 . brightness, daylight. Transliteration: nogah
Phonetic Spelling: (no'-gah) Short Definition: day. Word ...
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3314. yiphah -- brightness, splendor
... 3313, 3314. yiphah. 3315 . brightness, splendor. Transliteration: yiphah
Phonetic Spelling: (yif-aw') Short Definition: splendor. ...
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3974. maor -- a luminary
... raw'}; or morah {meh-o-raw'}; from 'owr; properly, a luminous body or luminary,
ie (abstractly) light (as an element): figuratively, brightness, iecheerfulness ...
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2892. tohar -- purity, purifying
... clearness, glory, purifying From taher; literally brightness; ceremonially purification
-- clearness, glory, purifying. see HEBREW taher. 2891, 2892. ...
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166. ahal -- to be clear, shine
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be clear, shine NASB Word Usage has...brightness
(1). shine. A primitive root; to be clear -- shine. 165, 166. ...
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Library

Beyond the Brightness of the Sun
... Beyond the Brightness of the Sun. TP Acts 22:11. ... I have seen a light from heaven,.
Past the brightness of the sun". Light that knows no cloud, no waning,. ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/beyond the brightness of the.htm

Whether the Brightness of the Heavenly Bodies Will be Increased at ...
... OF THE QUALITY OF THE WORLD AFTER THE JUDGMENT (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether the brightness
of the heavenly bodies will be increased at this renewal? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the brightness of the.htm

Lo, in Its Brightness the Morning Arising,
... EASTER Lo, in its brightness the morning arising,. tr., John Brownlie
11,10,11,10. I. Lo, in its brightness the morning arising,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns from the morningland/lo in its brightness the.htm

Lo, in Its Brightness the Morning Arising,
... HYMNS OF THE EARLY CHURCH Lo, in its brightness the morning arising,.
11,10,11,10. Lo, in its brightness the morning arising,. Gold ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the early church/lo in its brightness the.htm

The Brightness and Magnificence of this World
... THE FIRST CENTURY 37 The brightness and magnificence of this world. The
brightness and magnificence of this world, which by reason ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/37 the brightness and magnificence.htm

Youth's Brightness Gone
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCCXCI YOUTH'S BRIGHTNESS GONE. The
flash of youthful light is past and gone; Not as of yore. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cccxci youths brightness gone.htm

O Brightness of the Immortal Father's Face
... I. DAILY PRAYER: Morning Daily Prayer: Evening 12. O Brightness of the immortal
Father's face. ... Edward W. Eddis, 1864. O Brightness of the immortal Father's face, ...
/.../daily prayer evening 12 o.htm

Whether the Elements Will be Renewed by an Addition of Brightness?
... OF THE QUALITY OF THE WORLD AFTER THE JUDGMENT (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether
the elements will be renewed by an addition of brightness? ...
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Of the Great Difference Between the Brightness of the Saints and ...
... THE SPARKLING STONE CHAPTER XI. OF THE GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BRIGHTNESS OF
THE SAINTS AND THE HIGHEST BRIGHTNESS TO WHICH WE CAN ATTAIN IN THIS LIFE. ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter xi of the great.htm

Although, Even if There Went Before no Testimonies Concerning ...
... Although, even if there went before no testimonies concerning Christ and the Church,
whom ought it not to move unto belief, that the Divine brightness hath on ...
/.../augustine/concerning faith of things not seen /10 although even if there.htm

Thesaurus

Brightness (36 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
BRIGHTNESS. ... Multi-Version Concordance Brightness (36 Occurrences). ...
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Glory (590 Occurrences)
... 9:23; Ephesians 1:12). Jesus is the "brightness of the Father's glory"
(Hebrews 1:3; John 1:14; 2:11). (5.) The bliss of heaven ...
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Radiance (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Sparkling luster; vivid brightness; brilliancy.
Multi-Version Concordance Radiance (9 Occurrences). ...
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Gleaming (9 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 1:4 I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud,
with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst ...
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Glowing (14 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 1:4 I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud,
with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst ...
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Amber (3 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great
cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of ...
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Surpassing (21 Occurrences)
... Acts 26:13 At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, surpassing
the brightness of the sun, shining around me, and them who journeyed with me. ...
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Bright (85 Occurrences)
... (n.) Splendor; brightness. ... Job 25:5 Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and
the stars are not pure in his sight; (Root in WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Colour (22 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great
cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of ...
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Light (2869 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The time during which the light of the sun is visible; day; especially,
the dawn of day. 4. (n.) The brightness of the eye or eyes. ...
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Bible Concordance

Brightness (36 Occurrences)

Luke 11:36 If therefore thy whole body is light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.
(DBY YLT)

Acts 22:11 When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
(See NAS RSV)

Acts 26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
(KJV WBS)

Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
(KJV WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 32:41 If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand doth lay hold on judgment, I turn back vengeance to Mine adversaries, And to those hating Me -- I repay!
(YLT)

2 Samuel 22:13 At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 23:4 shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.'
(See NIV)

Job 25:5 Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;
(WEB JPS ASV NAS)

Job 28:26 In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,
(YLT)

Job 31:26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 18:12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 89:44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
(ASV DBY JPS YLT)

Isaiah 4:5 And Jehovah will create over every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and over its convocations, a cloud by day and a smoke, and the brightness of a flame of fire by night: for over all the glory shall be a covering.
(DBY NAS)

Isaiah 50:10 Who 'is' among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.
(YLT)

Isaiah 59:9 Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 60:3 Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 60:19 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 1:4 I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Ezekiel 1:27 I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Ezekiel 1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Ezekiel 8:2 Then I saw, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his waist and downward, fire; and from his waist and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 10:4 The glory of Yahweh mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh's glory.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 21:10 So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire hath rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising every tree.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 21:15 To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapt up for slaughter.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 28:7 therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 28:17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Daniel 2:31 You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its aspect was awesome.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 4:36 At the same time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me; and my counselors and my lords sought to me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 2:10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
(See NAS)

Joel 3:15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
(See NAS)

Amos 5:20 Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Habakkuk 3:4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Habakkuk 3:11 Sun -- moon -- hath stood -- a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Brightness

Related Terms

Glory (590 Occurrences)

Radiance (9 Occurrences)

Gleaming (9 Occurrences)

Glowing (14 Occurrences)

Amber (3 Occurrences)

Surpassing (21 Occurrences)

Bright (85 Occurrences)

Colour (22 Occurrences)