Greek Word Study
φῶς
phōs
G5457
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G5457
KJV Translations
firelight
Derivation / Root
from an obsolete (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays;
Definition of phōs
φῶς (phōs) — compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
Word Origin
This word comes from an obsolete (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays;
KJV Translation Variants
The Greek word φῶς (phōs) is translated into the following English words in the King James Version:
Translation data from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from φῶς.
φαίνω
phaínō
G5316
to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
φέγγος
phéngos
G5338
brilliancy
φημί
phēmí
G5346
to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say
φωστήρ
phōstḗr
G5458
an illuminator, i.e. (concretely) a luminary, or (abstractly) brilliancy
φωσφόρος
phōsphóros
G5459
light-bearing ("phosphorus"), i.e. (specially), the morning-star (figuratively)
φωτεινός
phōteinós
G5460
lustrous, i.e. transparent or well-illuminated (figuratively)
φωτίζω
phōtízō
G5461
to shed rays, i.e. to shine or (transitively) to brighten up (literally or figuratively)
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