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- Light, a featured study.A featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- Light, a concept traced across the canon.God's first spoken word and his own self-description: light before the sun, and a Light no darkness can put out.
- Light, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Featured studies
9 results- StudySalt and LightA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyLightA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyThe Light of the WorldA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyPhi (Φφ): the Greek letterGreek's own invention, and the letter of light and of friendship.
- StudyIsaiah 53:11: "He shall see light": the word the Dead Sea Scrolls restoredThe Hebrew text copied through the Middle Ages says the Servant "shall see and be satisfied"; two Isaiah scrolls from Qumran and the ancient Greek translation say he shall see *light*. The NIV, the…
Verses
262 results- VerseGenesis 1:3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- VerseJohn 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
- VerseExodus 35:14the lampstand for light with its accessories and lamps and oil for the light;
- VerseJohn 1:8He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
- VersePsalms 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
People
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1 resultWords (Strong's)
- WordH7031 קַל · qal (Hebrew)light. The Hebrew word stands 13 times in the original text.
- WordH3974 מָאוֹר · mâʼôwr (Hebrew)properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element). The Hebrew word stands 19 times in the original text.
- WordH5216 נִיר · nîyr (Hebrew)a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively). The Hebrew word stands 49 times in the original text.
- WordG1645 ἐλαφρός · elaphrós (Greek)light, i.e. easy. The Greek word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordH216 אוֹר · ʼôwr (Hebrew)illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.). The Hebrew word stands 121 times in the original text.
Concepts
2 resultsThemes
3 results- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
- ThemeCreationScripture opens with a claim, not an argument: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen 1:1). The Genesis account moves in an ordered six-day sequence…
- ThemeJudgmentJudgment in Scripture is not a stray topic but a load-bearing theme, running from Eden to the lake of fire. It begins with a question, not a threat: Abraham asks whether the…
Topics
2 resultsProphecies
3 results- ProphecyA Light to the GentilesThe Messiah's mission would extend beyond Israel to all nations — he would be a light to the Gentile world.
- ProphecyMinistry in GalileeIsaiah prophesied that a great light would shine in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali — Galilee of the Gentiles.
- ProphecyMinistry Begins in GalileeThe Messiah's ministry would bring light to Galilee.
Voices
1 resultApocrypha (study resources)
182 results- Study resourceBaruch 6:19They light them candles, yea, more than for themselves, whereof they cannot see one.
- Study resourceAdditions to Esther 11:11The light and the sun rose up, and the lowly were exalted, and devoured the glorious.
- Study resourceSirach 3:25Without eyes thou shalt want light: profess not the knowledge therefore that thou hast not.
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 17:20For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were hindered in their labour:
- Study resourceSirach 43:7From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.