φῶς
phōs (G5457)
light
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The Greek word φῶς (phōs) is defined as "light." With 73 occurrences in the Bible, it is a significant term that appears frequently in various contexts. In its most basic sense, φῶς refers to the physical phenomenon of light, often used to describe the sun, moon, stars, or other sources of illumination. However, φῶς also takes on a metaphorical meaning, representing knowledge, understanding, or insight. In this sense, it can describe the enlightenment that comes from understanding God's word or the truth. This dual nature of φῶς highlights its importance in the biblical narrative, where it often symbolizes the presence of God or the revelation of divine truth. The frequent use of φῶς in the Bible underscores its significance as a powerful concept that transcends its literal meaning. It represents the idea of illumination, understanding, and guidance, which are essential themes in the biblical narrative.
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the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.
“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.
“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.
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, “This man also was with him.”
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.”
Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.
I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
As he traveled, he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off his hands.
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’ ”
He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
As I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.
“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
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.
at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,
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