Word Summary
phanos: a torch or lantern
Original Word: φανόςTransliteration: phanos
Phonetic Spelling: (fan-os')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a torch or lantern
Meaning: a torch or lantern
Strong's Concordance
lantern.
From phaino; a lightener, i.e. Light; lantern -- lantern.
see GREEK phaino
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5322: φανόςφανός.
φανου,
ὁ (
φαίνω),
a torch (
A. V. lantern;
Hesychius Ἀττικοι δέ λυχνουκον ἐκάλουν ὁ ἡμεῖς νῦν φανον; cf. Phryn., p. 59 and Lob.'s note; Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 131;
Athen. 15, p. 699 d. and following, and Casaubon's notes, chapter 18: see
λαμπάς and references):
John 18:8. (
Aristophanes,
Xenophon,
Dionysius Halicarnassus,
Plutarch, others.)