- Original: φῶς - Transliteration: Phos - Phonetic: foce - Definition: 1. light a. the light 1. emitted by a lamp 2. a heavenly light such as surrounds angels when they appear on earth b. anything emitting light 1. a star 2. fire because it is light and sheds light 3. a lamp or torch c. light, i.e brightness 1. of a lamp 2. metaph. a. God is light because light has the extremely delicate, subtle, pure, brilliant quality b. of truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity associated with it c. that which is exposed to the view of all, openly, publicly d. reason, mind 1. the power of understanding esp. moral and spiritual truth - Origin: from an obsolete phao (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays, cf G5316 , G5346 ) - TDNT entry: 14:10,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: From an obsoleteφάω phaō(to shine or make manifest especially by rays; compare G5316 and G5346 ); luminousness (in the widest application natural or artificial abstract or concrete literal or figurative): - fire light. Total KJV Occurrences: 44 • fire, 2 Mar 14:54; Luke 22:56 • light, 41 Mat 4:16(2); Mat 17:2; Luke 2:32; Joh 1:4; Joh 1:5; Joh 1:7; Joh 1:8(2); Joh 1:9; Act 9:3; Act 12:7; Act 13:47; Act 16:29; Act 22:6; Act 22:9; Act 22:11; Act 26:13; Act 26:23; Romans 2:19; Romans 13:12; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 11:14; Eph 5:8(2); Eph 5:13(2); Colossians 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; 1 Timothy 6:16; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 John 1:5; 1 John 1:7(2); 1 John 2:8; 1 John 2:9; 1 John 2:10; Revelation 18:23; Revelation 21:24; Revelation 22:5 • lights, 1 Jam 1:17