noun · neuter
fengem
Strong’sG5338
brightness, light
stem feng-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books0 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
φέγγος, -ους, τό
[in LXX chiefly for נֹגַהּ;]
SYN.: αὐγή, q.v.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5338 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
light, splendour, lustre, τῆλε δὲ φ. ἀπὸ χροὸς ἀθανάτοιο λάμπε θεᾶς LXX+4th c.BC+; φ. ἀστραπῆς ὅπλωνLXX: frequently like{φάος}, of daylight, either absolutely or with some word added, φ. ἡλίου Refs 5th c.BC+; without the Article, φ. εἰσορᾶν θεοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+; ὦ φέγγοςRefs 5th c.BC+
b moonlight, Refs 5th c.BC+; νυκτερινὰ φέγγη, opposed to ἡμερινὸν φῶς, Refs 5th c.BC+ see at {φέγγο; τὸ φ. [τοῦ γάλακτος}], of the milky way, Refs 4th c.BC+
c of men, φ. ἰδεῖν, προσιδεῖν, to see the light, come into the world, ἐπεὶ πάμπρωτον εἶδον φ. Refs 5th c.BC+
d day, τριταῖον ἤδη φ. Refs 5th c.BC+; μοιρίδιον φ. ={μ. ἦμαρ}, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 the light of torches or fire, φ. λαμπάδων Refs 4th c.BC+; πυρόςRefs: a light, torch, Refs 5th c.BC+; plural φέγγη torches or watch-fires, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 the light of the eyes, φ. ὀμμάτων Refs 5th c.BC+; τυφλὸν φ, i.e. blindness, Refs 5th c.BC+
II light, as a metaphorically for delight, glory, pride, joy, Refs 5th c.BC+; of persons, Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. ὀπώρας, of wine, Refs
II.2 lustre, δικαιοσύνης καὶ σωφροσύνης LXX+5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | fengem | fengeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | fengeu | fengeiu |
| to, for dative | fenge | fengei |
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
fenge 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
fengem3×
Matthew 24:29… kai tas selēnas ouk dōati tem fengem autau, kai tois asterois pipteli apo …… the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the …
Mark 13:24… kai tas selēnas ouk dōati tem fengem autau,… the moon will not give its light;
Luke 11:33… tan luchnan, hina tois eisporeuorōntois tem fengem blepaleiō.… those who enter can see the light.