φῶς

φῶς (Att.. contr. from φάος; φάω), genitive, φωτός, τό,

[in LXX chiefly for אוֹר ;]

light (opposite to τὸ σκότος, ἡ σκοτία): Matt 17,2, 5, Joh 11,9-10, 2 Kor 4,6; ἡλίου, Åb 22,5 of a lamp, Luk 8,16; 11,33, Joh 5,35, Åb 18,23; of a supernatural heavenly light, ApG 9,3; 12,7; 22,6, 9; 22,11; 26,13; hence, ἄγγελος φωτός, 2 Kor 11,14 ὁ κλήρος τ. ἁγίων ἐν τ. φ., Kol 1,12 of the divine glory, Åb 21,24 by meton., of that which gives light: of fire, Mark 14,54, Luk 22,56 (cl.; 1Ma 12,29 cf. DCG, i, 595; pl., of a lamp or torch, ApG 16,29 of heavenly bodies, Jak 1,17,

Metaphorical,

(a) of God: 1 Joh 1,5 Joh 1,7; φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον, 1 Tim 6,16

(b) of spiritual truth and its effects on the lives of men: Matt 4,16; 5,16, Joh 1,4-5; 3,19-21, ApG 26,18, 23, 2 Kor 6,14, Ef 5,13, 1 Pet 2,9, 1 Joh 2,8; τ. φ. τ. ζωῆς, Joh 8,12 τ. ὅπλα τοῦ φ., Rom 13,12 καρπὸς τοῦ φ., Ef 5,9 έν τ. φ. περιπατεῖν (εἶναι, μένειν), 1 Joh 1,7 Joh 2,9-10; υἱοὶ (τέκνα) τοῦ φ., Luk 16,8, Joh 12,36, Ef 5,8, 1 Thess 5,5; by meton., of one from whom truth shines forth: ApG 13,47 (LXX), Rom 2,19 esp. of Christ, Luk 2,32, Joh 1,7-8; 12,35-36, 46; τ. φ. τ. κόσμου, Joh 8,12; 9,5;τ. φ. τ. ἀληθινόν, Joh 1,9 of Christians, Matt 5,14, Ef 5,8;

(with) of the spiritual under­standing: τ. φ. τὸ ἐν σοί, Matt 6,23, Luk 11,35;

(d) adverbially, of that which is open to view (opposite to ἐν τ. σκοτίᾳ): ἐν τ. φ., Matt 10,27, Luk 12,3.†

SYN.: see: φέγγος