G5457Greekphῶs
φῶς
luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
72
Total Occurrences
15
Books
0
Old Testament
72
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1light
- 2the light
- 3god is light because light has the extremely delicate, subtle, pure, brilliant quality
- 4of truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity associated with it
- 5that which is exposed to the view of all, openly, publicly
- 6anything emitting light
- 7metaphorically
- 8reason, mind
- 9light, i.e., brightness
Etymology & Derivation
from an obsolete ??? (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays; compare g5316, g5346)