noun · feminine
luchnas
Strong’sG3087
a lamp-stand
stem luchn-12 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books6 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
λυχνία means a lamp-stand, a stand on which a lamp is placed 1234. It is used of an ordinary household lamp-stand 1, and also of the lampstand belonging to the tabernacle 1.
The word is also used figuratively, applied to the two witnesses and to the seven churches of Asia, and in a phrase about removing a church from its place 12.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
λυχνία, -ας, ἡ
(vulgar form of λυχνίον = λυχνοῦχος; v. Kennedy, Sources, 40), [in LXX for מְנוֹרָה (Ex 25:31 40:4, al.);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3087 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlookh-nee'-ah
a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom G3088;
King Jamescandlestick.
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
lampstand, NT+4th 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 nominative | luchnas1×λυχνία | luchnais2×λυχνίαι |
| object accusative | luchnan4×λυχνίαν | luchnain2×λυχνίας |
| direct address vocative | luchnar | luchnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | luchnau1×λυχνίας | luchnaiu2×λυχνιῶν |
| to, for dative | luchna | luchnai |
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
luchna 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
12 occurrences, every one of them listed
luchnas“lampstand”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 9:2… tas prōtas en ha tas tē luchnas kai tas trapezas kai tas prothesias …… In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread …
luchnan“lampstand”objectaccusative singular4×
Matthew 5:15“lampstand”… hupo ton modion alla epi tan luchnan, kai lampatō pantoi toi en ta …… put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
Mark 4:21“lampstand”… tan klinan, ouk hina epi tan luchnan tithiteia?… also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
Luke 11:33“lampstand”… hupo ton modion alla epi tan luchnan, hina tois eisporeuorōntois tem fengem blepaleiō.… cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
Revelation 2:5… mē, erchomō si, kai kinami tan luchnan su ek tou topou autau, ean …… come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
luchnau“lampstand”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 8:16“lampstand”… ē hupokatō klinau tithatō, alla epi luchnau tithatō, hina tois eisporeuorōntois blepaleiō tem …… a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
luchnais“lampstands”subjectnominative plural2×
Revelation 1:20… taiu hepta ekklēsaiu alō, kai tais luchnais tais hepta hepta ekklēsais alō.… the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.[’’]
Revelation 11:4… tais duo elaiais kai tais duo luchnais tais enōpion tou kuriou tau gēau …… two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of …
luchnain“lampstands”objectaccusative plural2×
Revelation 1:12… meta mu; kai epistrefarantos horama hepta luchnain chrusouain,… having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,
Revelation 1:20… tau dexau mu, kai tain hepta luchnain tain chrusouain; tois hepta asterois angelois …… hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels …
luchnaiu“lampstands”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Revelation 1:13kai en mese taiu luchnaiu homoion huion anthrōpou, enduorēnton podēron kai …and among the lampstands was One like the Son of …
Revelation 2:1… tos peripatarōntos en mese taiu hepta luchnaiu taiu chrusouaiu;… and walks among the seven golden lampstands.