noun · masculine

fanos

Greekφανός (fanos)

Strong’sG5322

a torch, lantern

stem fan-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

lanterns1×

What it means

* φανός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< φαίνω),

a torch or lantern (v. Rutherford, NPhr., 131 f.): Jo 18:3.†

SYN.: v.s. λαμπάς

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5322 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfan-os'

a lightener, i.e. light; lantern

Fromfrom G5316;

King Jameslantern.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	fanos	fanois
object accusative	fanon	fanoin
direct address vocative	fanor	fanoir
of, belonging to genitive	fanou	fanoiu1×φανῶν
to, for dative	fano	fanoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

fanstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

fano is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

fanoiu“lanterns”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

John 18:3“lanterns”tos oun Ioudaos lambaratos tan speiran kai ek toiu archierevoiu kai ek toiu Farisaioiu hupēretoin erchetō ekei meta fanoiu kai lampadaiu kai hopleiu.So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.