λύχνος

λύχνος, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX for נִיר (2 Mos 25,37), al.) ;]

a lamp (portable, and usually set on a stand, λυχνία): Matt 5,15, Luk 11,36; ἔρχεται ὁ λ., Mark 4,21 λ. ἅπτειν Luk 8,16; 11,33; 15,8; φῶς λύχνου, Åb 18,23 id. opposite to φ.ἡλίου, Åb 22,5 metaphorically, of the eye, Matt 6,22 Luk 11,34; of John the Baptist, Joh 5,35 of the Lamb, Åb 21,23 of prophecy, 2 Pet 1,19 of spiritual readiness, pl., λύχνοι (as always in LXX; frequently in Att.. λύχνα), Luk 12,35,†

SYN.: λαμπάς, q.v