Greek noun (feminine) · G3087
λυχνία
lychnialookh-nee'-ah
lampstand
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lychnía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3087is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3087
a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: candlestick.
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
lychnia is rendered "lampstand". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Revelation, 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 five 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 5:15λυχνίαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twelve uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- lampstands6
- lampstand4
- a lampstand1
- the lampstand1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| λύχνος | lychnos | lamp | Uses14 |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- λυχνίαν4
- λυχνίας3
- λυχνίαι2
- λυχνιῶν2
- λυχνία1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular4N-ASF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural2N-APF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural2N-GPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2N-NPF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Matthew
one 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.
- λυχνίανluchniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: lampstand
Mark
one use
Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
- λυχνίανluchniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: lampstand
Luke
two uses
No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
- λυχνίαςluchniasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: a lampstand
No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
- λυχνίανluchniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: lampstand
Hebrews
one use
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
- λυχνίαluchnianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: the lampstand
Revelation
seven uses
Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,
- λυχνίαςluchniasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: lampstands
and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
- λυχνιῶνluchnionnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: lampstands
This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
- λυχνίαςluchniasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: lampstands
- λυχνίαιluchniainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: lampstands
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
- λυχνιῶνluchnionnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: lampstands
Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
- λυχνίανluchniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: lampstand
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
- λυχνίαιluchniainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: lampstands
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.