Greek verb · G2989
λάμπω
lampolam'-po
to shine
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lámpō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2989is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2989
to beam, i.e. radiate brilliancy (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: give light, shine.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
lampo is rendered "to shine". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
Matthew 5:15λάμπει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- shone3
- it shines1
- shines1
- should shine1
- will shine1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἔλαμψεν3
- λάμπει2
- λαμψάτω1
- λάμψει1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singular1V-AAM-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
Matthew
three uses
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
- λάμπειlampeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it shines
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- λαμψάτωlampsatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should shine
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
- ἔλαμψενelampsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: shone
Luke
one use
For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.
- λάμπειlampeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: shines
Acts
one use
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
- ἔλαμψενelampsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: shone
2 Corinthians
two uses
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- λάμψειlampseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will shine
- ἔλαμψενelampsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: shone
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.