noun · feminine
lampadas
Strong’sG2985
a torch, lamp, lantern
stem lampad-9 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 10 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.
λαμπάς, -άδος, ἡ
(< λάμπω), [in LXX for לַפִּיד;]
SYN.: λύχος, lamp, q.v.; φανός, torch or lantern; cf. Rutherford's NPhr., 131 f.; Tr., Syn., § xlvi; DCG, s.v. lamp; DB, iii, 43 f.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2985 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlam-pas'
a "lamp" or flambeau
Fromfrom G2989;
King Jameslamp, light, torch.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
A torch, Refs 5th c.BC+; beacon-light, Refs 4th c.BC+; λαμπάδας ἅψασθαι light torches, Refs 5th c.BC+; λαμπάδας τινάσσων, in Bacchic ceremonies, Refs
A.2 faggot, Refs 2nd c.BC+; any light, lamp, λαμπάδες ἀργυραῖ LXX; wax-light, Refs 1st c.AD+; later of oillamps, NT
A.3 metaphorically, of the sun, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ 'πιοῦσα λ. the coming light, i.e. the next day, Refs 5th c.BC+; of lightning, δαμασθεὶς λαμπάσιν κεραυνίοις Refs; of the Cyclops' eye, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.4 meteor, Refs 4th c.BC+
A.II torch-race, ={λαμπαδηδρομία}, Refs 5th c.BC+; λαμπάδα δραμεῖν, τρέχειν, run the race, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀφιεμένην τὴν λ. θεῶ see the start,Refs 5th c.BC+; λαμπάδι νικᾶν win in it, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.II.2 metaphorically, of life, λαμπάδα γὰρ ζωᾶς με δραμεῖν.. ἤθελε δαίμων Refs; καθάπερ λαμπάδα τὸν βίον παραδιδόντας ἄλλοις ἐξ ἄλλων Refs 5th c.BC+
A.III ={λυχνὶς ἀγρία}, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+
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 nominative | lampadas1×λαμπάς | lampadais3×λαμπάδες |
| object accusative | lampadan | lampadain3×λαμπάδας |
| direct address vocative | lampadar | lampadair |
| of, belonging to genitive | lampadau | lampadaiu2×λαμπάδων |
| to, for dative | lampada | lampadai |
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
lampada 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.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
lampadas“torch”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 8:10… tou ouranou asteros megos kaiorōntos hōs lampadas, kai piptata epi tem tritem toiu …… a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on …
lampadais“lamps”subjectnominative plural3×
Matthew 25:8… ek teu elaieu vu, hoti tais lampadais nu sbennuolō.… us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
Acts 20:8ale de lampadais hikanais en te huperōe hou ane …Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we …
Revelation 4:5… kai fōnais kai brontais; kai hepta lampadais pureu kaiorōntais enōpion tou thronou, heim …… thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven …
lampadain“lamps”objectaccusative plural3×
Matthew 25:1… ouranoiu deka parthenai, hotinais labarantais tain lampadain heautaiu exerchala eis hupantēsian tou numfiou.… like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the …
Matthew 25:3tais gar mōrais labarantais tain lampadain autaiu ouk labala meta heautaiu elaiem;The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any …
Matthew 25:7… tais parthenais ekeinais kai kosmala tain lampadain heautaiu.… virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
lampadaiu“lamps”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Matthew 25:4… elaiem en tei angeiei meta taiu lampadaiu heautaiu.… oil in flasks along with their lamps.
John 18:3… hupēretoin erchotō ekei meta fanoiu kai lampadaiu kai hopleiu.… arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.