Word Study · Strong's G2985 · Greek
λαμπάς
lampas
lam-pas'
Strong's 1890 spelling: lampás
“a "lamp" or flambeau”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a "lamp" or flambeau
Rendered in the KJV as
lamp, light, torch.
- 9occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- λαμπάδας3
- λαμπάδες3
- λαμπάδων2
- λαμπὰς1
How it is rendered · 3
- lamps7
- a torch1
- torches1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural3
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural2
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-APF · 3
- N-NPF · 3
- N-GPF · 2
- N-NSF · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Matthew carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew5 occurrences
- Matthew 25:1λαμπάδαςlampadasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine plural“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.here: lamps
- Matthew 25:3λαμπάδαςlampadasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralThe foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.here: lamps
- Matthew 25:4λαμπάδωνlampadōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluralBut the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.here: lamps
- Matthew 25:7λαμπάδαςlampadasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralThen all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.here: lamps
- Matthew 25:8λαμπάδεςlampadesnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluralThe foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’here: lamps
Revelation2 occurrences
- Revelation 4:5λαμπάδεςlampadesnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluralFrom the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.here: lamps
- Revelation 8:10λαμπὰςlampasnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThen the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.here: a torch