λυχνία

λυχνία, -ας, ἡ

(vulgar form of λυχνίον = λυχνοῦχος; see Kennedy, Sources, 40), [in LXX for מְנוֹרָה (2 Mos 25,31; 40,4, al.) ;]

a lampstand: Matt 5,15, Mark 4,21, Luk 8,16; 11,33; of that in the Tabernacle, Hebr 9,2 metaphorically, of the two witnesses, Åb 11,4 of the seven churches of Asia, Åb 1,12-13, 20; 2,1; of the removal of a church from its position, κινεῖν τ. λυχνίαν κ.τ.λ., Åb 2,5,†