Bible Dictionary: Lamp

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Lamp

That part of the golden candlestick belonging to the tabernacle which bore the light; also of each of the ten candlesticks placed by Solomon in the temple before the holy of holies. (Exodus 25:37; 1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chronicles 4:20; 13:11; Zechariah 4:2) The lamps were lighted every evening and cleansed every morning. (Exodus 30:7,8)
A torch or flambeau, such as was carried by the soldiers of Gideon. (Judges 7:16,20) comp. Judg 15:4 The use in marriage processions of lamps fed with oil is alluded to in the parable of the ten virgins. (Matthew 25:1) Modern Egyptian lamps consist of small glass vessels with a tube at the bottom containing a cotton wick twisted around a piece of straw. For night travelling, a lantern composed of waxed cloth strained over a sort of cylinder of wire rings, and a top and bottom of perforated copper. This would, in form at least, answer to the lamps within pitchers of Gideon. "The Hebrews, like the ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as the modern Orientals, were accustomed to burn lamps all night. This custom, with the effect produced by their going out or being extinguished, supplies various figures to the sacred writers. (2 Samuel 21:17; Proverbs 13:9; 20:20) On the other hand, the keeping up of a lamp's light is used as a symbol of enduring and unbroken succession. (1 Kings 11:36; 15:4; Psalms 132:17) " --McClintock and Strong.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Lamp

The lamps of the ancients, sometimes called "candles" in our Bible, were cups and vessels of many convenient and graceful shapes; and might be carried in the hand, or set upon a stand. See CANDLESTICK. The lamp was fed with vegetable oils, tallow, wax, etc., and was kept burning all night. The poorest families, in some parts of the East, still regard this as essential to health and comfort. A darkened house therefore forcibly told of the extinction of its former occupants, Job 18:5,6 Proverbs 13:9 20:20 Jeremiah 25:10,11; while a constant light was significant of prosperity and perpetuity, 2 Samuel 21:17 1 Kings 11:36 Psalm 132:17. Lamps to be carried in the streets presented a large surface of wicking to the air, and needed to be frequently replenished from a vessel of oil borne in the other hand, Matthew 25:3,4. Torches and lanterns, John 18:3, were very necessary in ancient cities, the streets of which were never lighted.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the temple which bore the light (Exodus 25:37; 1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chronicles 4:20; 13:11; Zechariah 4:2). Their form is not described. Olive oil was generally burned in them (Exodus 27:20).

(2.) A torch carried by the soliders of Gideon (Judges 7:16, 20). (R.V., "torches.")

(3.) Domestic lamps (A.V., "candles") were in common use among the Hebrews (Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21, etc.).

(4.) Lamps or torches were used in connection with marriage ceremonies (Matthew 25:1).

This word is also frequently metaphorically used to denote life, welfare, guidance, etc. (2 Samuel 21:17; Psalm 119:105; Proverbs 6:23; 13:9).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A thin plate or lamina.

2. (n.) A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.

3. (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.

4. (n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

LAMP; LAMPSTAND

lamp'-stand (nir, ner, lappidh, Phoenician lampadh, whence lampas; luchnos is also used): Ner or nir is properly "light" or "a light-giving thing," hence, "lamp," and is so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American), but often "candle" in the King James Version. Its use in connection with the tabernacle and the temple (Exodus 25:37 2 Chronicles 4:20 f), where oil was employed for light (Exodus 35:14 Leviticus 24:2), shows that this is its proper meaning. Lappidh is properly "a torch" and is thus rendered generally in the Revised Version (British and American), but "lamp" in Isaiah 62:1, where it is used as a simile. the King James Version renders it "lamp" usually, but "torch" in Nahum 2:3; Zechariah 12:6. In Job 12:5 the Revised Version (British and American) renders it "for misfortune," regarding it as composed of the noun pidh, and the preposition l-. Lampas in Greek corresponds to it, but luchnos is also rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) "lamp," while the King James Version gives "candle," as in Matthew 5:15 and corresponding passages in the other Gospels.

1. Forms and History:

Lamps were in use in very remote times, though we have few allusions to them in the early history of Egypt. There are indications that they were used there. Niches for lamps are found in the tombs of Tell el-Amarna (Archaeological Survey of Egypt, Tell el-Amarna Letters, Part IV, 14). Lampstands are also represented (ibid., Part III, 7). Torches were of course used before lamps, and are mentioned in Genesis (15:17 the Revised Version (British and American)), but clay lamps were used in Canaan by the Amorites before the Israelites took possession. The excavations in Palestine have furnished thousands of specimens, and have enabled us to trace the development from about 2000 B.C. onward. The exploration carried out at Lachish (Tell Hesy) and Gezer (Tell Jezer) by the Palestine Exploration Fund has given ample material for the purpose, and the numerous examples from tombs all over Palestine and Syria have supplied a great variety of forms.

2. Figurative Use:

"Lamp" is used in the sense of a guide in Psalm 119:105 Proverbs 6:23, and for the spirit, which is called the lamp of Yahweh in man (Proverbs 20:27), and it of course often signifies the light itself. It is used also for the son who is to succeed and represent his father (1 Kings 15:4), and it perhaps is employed in this sense in the phrase, "The lamp of the wicked shall be put out" (Job 21:17 Proverbs 13:9; and perhaps Job 18:6).

The early Canaanite or Amorite lamp was a shallow, saucer-like bowl with rounded bottom and vertical rim, slightly pointed or pinched on one side where the lighted end of the wick was placed. This form continued into Jewish times, but was gradually changed until the spout was formed by drawing the rim of the sides together, forming a narrow open channel, the remainder of the rim being rolled outward and flattened, the bottom being also flattened. This was the early Hebrew pattern and persisted for centuries. The open bowl was gradually closed in, first at the spout, where the rim of one side was lapped over the other, and finally the whole surface was closed with only an orifice in the center for receiving the oil, and at the same time the spout was lengthened. This transformation is seen in lamps of the Seleucid period, or from around 300 B.C. These lamps have usually a circular foot and sometimes a string-hole on one side. The next development was a circular bowl with a somewhat shorter spout, sometimes being only a bulge in the rim, so that the orifice for the wick falls in the rim, the orifice for filling being quite small at the bottom of a saucer-like depression in the center of the bowl. There is sometimes a loop handle affixed on the side opposite to the spout. Sometimes the handle is horizontal, but commonly vertical. This form is called Roman, and the bowl is often ornamented with mythological human or animal figures (Fig. 5). Other forms are elongated, having numerous wick holes (Fig. 6). The mythological and animal forms were rejected by the Jews as contrary to their traditions, and they made lamps with various other designs on the bowl, such as vine leaves, cups, scrolls, etc. (Figs. 7-11). One very marked Jewish design is the seven-branched candlestick (Exodus 25:32) of the temple (Fig. 12). The lamps of the parable of the Ten Virgins were probably similar to these (Matthew 25:1). The latest form of the clay lamp was what is called Byzantine, the bowl of which has a large orifice in the center and tapers gradually to the spout (Fig. 13); they are ornamented commonly with a palm branch between the central orifice and the wickhole, or with a cross. Sometimes there is an inscription on the margin (Fig. 13). The words on this read Phos ku(riou) pheni pasin kale,"The light of the Lord shines to all (beautifully?)." Others read, "The Lord is my light"; "beautiful light," etc. These inscriptions determine the period as being Christian. In Roman times, and earlier also, bronze was much used for the finer lamps, often with covers for the orifice and sometimes with chain and ring for hanging. Very elaborate designs in this material occur.

These terra-cotta lamps are found in the tombs and burial places throughout Palestine and Syria, and they were evidently deposited there in connection with the funeral rites. Very few are found in Canaanite tombs, but they become numerous in later times and especially in the early Christian centuries. The symbolism in their use for funeral purposes is indicated by the inscriptions above mentioned (see PEFS, 1904, 326;; Explorations in Palestine, by Bliss. Maclister and Wunsch, 4to, published by the Palestine Exploration Fund). These lamps were used by the peasants of the country down to recent times, when petroleum has superseded olive oil for lighting. The writer has seen lamps of the Jewish and Roman period with surface blackened with recent usage. Olive oil was commonly used, but terebinth oil also (Thomson, LB, III, 472).

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Greek

3088. luchnos -- a (portable) lamp
... a (portable) lamp. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: luchnos Phonetic
Spelling: (lookh'-nos) Short Definition: a lamp Definition: a lamp. ...
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2985. lampas -- a torch
... a torch. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: lampas Phonetic Spelling:
(lam-pas') Short Definition: a torch, lamp, lantern Definition: a torch, lamp ...
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3087. luchnia -- a lampstand
... a lampstand. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: luchnia Phonetic Spelling:
(lookh-nee'-ah) Short Definition: a lamp-stand Definition: a lamp-stand. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5216. ner -- a lamp
ner or ner. 5215b, 5216. ner or ner. 5217 . a lamp. Transliteration: ner or
ner Phonetic Spelling: (neer) Short Definition: lamps. ... candle, lamp, light. ...
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5215a. nir -- a lamp
... nir. 5215b . a lamp. Transliteration: nir Short Definition: lamp. Word Origin
from the same as ner Definition a lamp NASB Word Usage lamp (5). 5215, 5215a. ...
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5374. Neriyyah -- "lamp of Yah," father of Baruch
... Neriyyah or Neriyyahu. 5375 . "lamp of Yah," father of Baruch. Transliteration:
Neriyyah or Neriyyahu Phonetic Spelling: (nay-ree-yaw') Short Definition: Neriah ...
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74. Abner -- "my father is a lamp," an Israelite name
... 73, 74. Abner. 75 . "my father is a lamp," an Israelite name. Transliteration:
Abner Phonetic Spelling: (ab-nare') Short Definition: Abner. ...
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5215. niyr -- a lamp
... 5214, 5215. niyr. 5215a . a lamp. Transliteration: niyr Phonetic Spelling:
(neer) Short Definition: ground. fallow ground, plowing, tillage ...
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3940. lappid -- a torch
... firebrand, burning lamp, lightning, torch. Or lappid {lap-peed'}; from
an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp ...
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1160. Beor -- "a burning," father of an Edomite king, also the ...
... Beor. From ba'ar (in the sense of burning); a lamp; Beor, the name of the father
of an Edomitish king; also of that of Balaam -- Beor. see HEBREW ba'ar. ...
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5369. Ner -- father of Abner, also the father of Kish
... Usage Ner (16). Ner. The same as niyr; lamp; Ner, an Israelite -- Ner. see
HEBREW niyr. 5368, 5369. Ner. 5370 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Lamp.
... DEATH. XLIX. THE LAMP. I. ... A weary pilgrim sat,. Above a gloomy stream,. A lamp he
firmly held. Shed round a cheerful gleam: It showed that river's farther banks, ...
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The Lamp and the Bushel
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII THE LAMP AND THE BUSHEL. 'Ye are the light of the world. ...
'When you light your lamp you put it on the stand, do you not? ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the lamp and the bushel.htm

The Red Lamp.
... XX. THE RED LAMP. ... We should not think much of the wisdom of any one who said of
the Red Lamp, "Why take any notice of that old-fashioned thing? ...
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A Burning and Shining Lamp.
... XIII. A Burning and Shining Lamp. (John 5:35.) "Men as men Can reach no higher
than the Son of God, The Perfect Head and Pattern of Mankind. ...
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Chapter: 4:21-25 Lamp and Stand
... Mark CHAPTER: 4:21-25 LAMP AND STAND. "And He said unto them, Is the lamp brought
to be put under the bushel, or under the bed? and not to be put on the stand? ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 4 21-25 lamp and stand.htm

To Keep the Lamp Alive,
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCXXXII To keep the lamp alive,. With
oil we fill the bowl; 'Tis water makes the willow thrive,. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/ccxxxii to keep the lamp.htm

Is Your Lamp Still Burning? PM
... 421 Is Your Lamp Still Burning? PM. Waiting His Coming. ... Cho."Oh, brother, is your
lamp trimmed and burning? Is the world made brighter by its cheering ray? ...
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Lamp of Our Feet, Whereby we Trace
... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Advent 60. Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace. CM ... Bernard
Barton, 1826. Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace. Our path when wont to stray; ...
/.../advent 60 lamp of our.htm

The virgin's Lamp.
... THE VIRGIN'S LAMP. 9,7,9,9,9,9,7,7 Brenne hell du Lampe meiner Seele. [330]Albertini.
trans. by Catherine Winkworth, 1869. Lamp within me! brightly burn and glow ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/the virgins lamp.htm

John Chapter v. 19-40
... He did clearly bear witness, but as a lamp; not to satisfy friends, but to confound
enemies: for it had been predicted long before by the person of the Father ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xxiii john chapter v.htm

Thesaurus

Lamp (45 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything
regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp. ...LAMP; LAMPSTAND. ...
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Lamp-stand (17 Occurrences)
Lamp-stand. Lampstand, Lamp-stand. Lampstands . Multi-Version
Concordance Lamp-stand (17 Occurrences). Matthew 5:15 ...
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Lamp-stands (5 Occurrences)
Lamp-stands. Lampstands, Lamp-stands. Lance . Multi-Version
Concordance Lamp-stands (5 Occurrences). Revelation 1:12 ...
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Candle (16 Occurrences)
... Hebrews ner, Job 18:6; 29:3; Psalm 18:28; Proverbs 24:20, in all which places the
Revised Version and margin of Authorized Version have "lamp," by which the ...
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Candlestick (34 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The lamp-stand, "candelabrum," which Moses was commanded
to make for the tabernacle, according to the pattern shown him. ...
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Extinguished (14 Occurrences)
... (WBS). 1 Samuel 3:3 And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying
down in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God 'is', (YLT). ...
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Lampstand (38 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LAMP; LAMPSTAND. lamp'-stand (nir, ner,
lappidh, Phoenician lampadh, whence lampas; luchnos is also ...
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Bowl (44 Occurrences)
... being elsewhere rendered "cup" (Genesis 44:2, 12, 16), and wine "pot" (Jeremiah
35:5). The reservoir for oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah's ...
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Lighting (9 Occurrences)
... Luke 8:16 And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under
a couch doth put 'it'; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put 'it', that those ...
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Lighted (36 Occurrences)
... Lighted (36 Occurrences). Matthew 5:15 Nor is a lamp lighted to be put under a bushel,
but on the lampstand; and then it gives light to all in the house. (WEY). ...
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Bible Concordance

Lamp (45 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:15 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 6:22 "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:21 He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 15:8 Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 5:35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 9:2 For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.
(Root in WEB WEY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Peter 1:19 We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Revelation 2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.
(Root in WEB WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 18:23 The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 21:23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 22:5 There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Exodus 27:20 "You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 24:2 "Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 3:31 Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 4:9 "They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 4:16 And the oversight of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, 'is' the oil of the lamp, and the spice-perfume, and the present of continuity, and the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that 'is' in it, in the sanctuary, and in its vessels.'
(YLT)

1 Samuel 3:3 and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down to sleep, in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of Israel."
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 22:29 For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 11:36 To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 4:10 Let us make, please, a little chamber on the wall. Let us set for him there a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand. It shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there."
(WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 8:19 However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 21:7 However Yahweh would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Job 18:6 The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 21:17 "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 29:3 when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 18:28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 132:17 There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 13:9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 20:20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 21:4 A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 24:20 for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 31:18 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY 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 ASV WBS)

Jeremiah 25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Lamp

Lamp for the Tabernacle

Lamp: Figurative

Lamp: Kept Burning at Night in the Tabernacle and Cared for by Priest

Lamp: Miraculously Appeared at Abraham's Sacrifice

Lamp: Symbolical

Related Terms

Lamp-stand (17 Occurrences)

Lamp-stands (5 Occurrences)

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