φῶς
phōs
Neuter noun · From an obsolete phao (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays, cf φαίνω (G5316), φημί (G5346))
From an obsolete φάω pháō (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays; compare G5316, G5346); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative):—fire, light.
Outline
- light
- the light
- emitted by a lamp
- a heavenly light such as surrounds angels when they appear on earth
- anything emitting light
- a star
- fire because it is light and sheds light
- a lamp or torch
- light, i.e brightness
- of a lamp
- metaph.
- God is light because light has the extremely delicate, subtle, pure, brilliant quality
- of truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity associated with it
- that which is exposed to the view of all, openly, publicly
- reason, mind
- the power of understanding esp. moral and spiritual truth