Word Summary
lampas: a torch
Original Word: λαμπάςTransliteration: lampas
Phonetic Spelling: (lam-pas')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a torch
Meaning: a torch
Strong's Concordance
lamp, light, torch.
From lampo; a "lamp" or flambeau -- lamp, light, torch.
see GREEK lampo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2985: λαμπάςλαμπάς,
λαμπάδος,
ἡ (
λάμπω, cf. our
lamp) (from
Aeschylus and
Thucydides down), the
Sept. for
לַפִּיד;
1. a torch: Revelation 4:5 (where A. V. lamps); . 2. a lamp, the flame of which is fed with oil: Matthew 25:1, 3f, 7; John 18:3; Acts 20:8. (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xlvi.; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 455ff; Becker, Charicles, Sc. ix. (English translation, p. 163).)