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Feature Pages(5)
- FeaturePhi (Φφ) — the Greek letterGreek's own invention — and the letter of light and of friendship.
- FeatureIsaiah 53:11 — "He shall see light" — a word the Dead Sea Scrolls restoredThe Hebrew text copied through the Middle Ages says the Servant "shall see and be satisfied"; the Isaiah scroll from Qumran and the ancient Greek translation both say he shall see *light* — and modern Bibles now print it.
- FeatureThe Servant SongsFour songs, one figure — Isaiah 42, 49, 50 and 53 read in order, and the portrait sharpens until it can only be one Person.
- Feature1 John — the Study GuideThree tests, not one outline: light, love, and truth recur and deepen across five chapters, written to those who already believe so that they may know they have eternal life (5:13) — against the antichrists who went out (2:19).
- FeatureThe Tests of Life1 John's three interwoven tests — righteousness, love, belief — cycling and deepening across five chapters to a single assurance: these things have I written unto you, that ye may know.
Verses(5+)
- 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.
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH7031 קַל · qal (Hebrew)light
- WordG1645 ἐλαφρός · elaphrós (Greek)light, i.e. easy
- WordH5216 נִיר · nîyr (Hebrew)a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
- WordH3974 מָאוֹר · mâʼôwr (Hebrew)properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element)
- WordG5457 φῶς · phōs (Greek)luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
Topics(2)
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- 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.
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H7031קַל qal — lightG1645ἐλαφρός elaphrós — light, i.e. easyH5216נִיר nîyr — a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)H3974מָאוֹר mâʼôwr — properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element)G5457φῶς phōs — luminousness (in the widest application, natural
or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)G681ἅπτω háptō — properly, to fasten to, i.e. (specially) to set on
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