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Lexicon :: Strong's G3087 - lychnia

Aa
λυχνία
Transliteration
lychnia (Key)
Pronunciation
lookh-nee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:324,542

Strong’s Definitions

λυχνία lychnía, lookh-nee'-ah; from G3088; a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively):—candlestick.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G3087 in the following manner: candlestick (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G3087 in the following manner: candlestick (12x).

  1. a (candlestick) lamp stand, candelabrum

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λυχνία lychnía, lookh-nee'-ah; from G3088; a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively):—candlestick.
STRONGS G3087:
λυχνία, λυχνίας, ἡ, a later Greek word for the earlier λυχνίον, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 313f; (Wetstein (1752) on Matthew 5:15; Winers Grammar, 24); the Sept. for מְנורָה; a (candlestick) lampstand, candelabrum: Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 8:16; (Luke 11:33); Hebrews 9:2; the two eminent prophets who will precede Christ's return from heaven in glory are likened to 'candlesticks,' Revelation 11:4 (Buttmann, 81 (70); Winer's Grammar, 536 (499)); to the seven 'candlesticks' (Exodus 25:37 (A. V. lamps; cf. B. D. (especially the American edition), under the word )) also the seven more conspicuous churches of Asia are compared in Revelation 1:12f, 20; Revelation 2:1; κινεῖν τήν λυχνίαν τίνος (ἐκκλησίας) ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς, to move a church out of the place which it has hitherto held among the churches; to take it out of the number of churches, remove it altogether, Revelation 2:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
25:37
Matthew
5:15; 5:15
Mark
4:21
Luke
8:16; 11:33
Hebrews
9:2
Revelation
1:12; 1:20; 2:1; 2:5; 11:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3087 matches the Greek λυχνία (lychnia),
which occurs 31 times in 28 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - And there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27 - and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, it knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:4 - And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Jehovah continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:4 - And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - by weight also for the candlesticks of gold, and for the lamps thereof, of gold, by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof; and for the candlesticks of silver, silver by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - and the candlesticks with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - and they burn unto Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense: the showbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - And the cups, and the firepans, and the basins, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the bowls—that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver,—the captain of the guard took away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and, behold, a candlestick all of gold, with its bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
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