noun · feminine
lamprotas
Greekλαμπρότης (lamprotēs)
Strong’sG2987
splendor, brightness
stem lamprot-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λαμπρότης, -ητος, ἡ,
[in LXX: Ps 109 (110):3 (הָדָר), al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2987 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlam-prot'-ace
brilliancy
Fromfrom G2986;
King Jamesbrightness.
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 | lamprotas | lamprotais |
| object accusative | lamprotan1×λαμπρότητα | lamprotain |
| direct address vocative | lamprotar | lamprotair |
| of, belonging to genitive | lamprotau | lamprotaiu |
| to, for dative | lamprota | lamprotai |
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
lamprota 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
lamprotan“brighter”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 26:13“brighter”hēmerau mesau kata tan hodan horama, basilevor, ouranothen huper tan lamprotan tou hēliou perilamparatem min fōtem kai toin sun mi poreuerōtoin;About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.