Lexical Definition

‎λύχνος‎ lýchnos (lookh'-nos) lamp G:N-M
from the base of ‎λευκός‎

candle, light.

Usage: 7 forms in 55 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
λύχνῳ to a lamp 2Pet.1.19
λύχνουσ its lamps LXX.Num.4.9 • LXX.Num.8.3
lamps LXX.Exod.25.37 • LXX.Exod.25.37 • LXX.Exod.30.7 • LXX.Exod.30.8 • LXX.Exod.35.14 • LXX.Exod.37.23 • LXX.Exod.39.37 • LXX.Exod.39.37 • LXX.Exod.40.4 • LXX.Exod.40.25 • LXX.Lev.24.4 • LXX.Num.8.2 • LXX.1Kgs.7.49 • LXX.2Chr.4.20 • LXX.2Chr.29.7
λύχνου a lamp LXX.Zeph.1.12
of a lamp LXX.Jer.25.10 • Rev.22.5
of lamp Rev.18.23
λύχνοσ a lamp LXX.Exod.27.20 • LXX.Ps.119.105 • LXX.Prov.6.23
her lamp LXX.Prov.31.18
his lamp LXX.Job.29.3
lamp LXX.1Sam.3.3 • LXX.Job.18.6 • LXX.Job.21.17 • Matt.6.22 • Mark.4.21 • Luke.11.34 • Luke.11.36 • John.5.35 • Rev.21.23
λύχνον a lamp LXX.2Chr.21.7 • LXX.Ps.132.17 • Matt.5.15 • Luke.8.16 • Luke.11.33 • Luke.15.8
in a lamp LXX.Lev.24.2
lamp LXX.2Sam.21.17 • LXX.2Kgs.8.19
my lamp LXX.2Sam.22.29 • LXX.Ps.18.28
λύχνοισ its lamps LXX.1Chr.28.15
lamps LXX.Zech.4.2
their lamps LXX.1Chr.28.15
λύχνοι its lamps LXX.2Chr.13.11
lamps LXX.Num.8.2 • LXX.Zech.4.2 • Luke.12.35
their lamps LXX.2Chr.4.21

Abbott-Smith

λύχνος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX for נֵר (Ex 25:36 (37), al.);]
a lamp (portable, and usually set on a stand, λυχνία): Mt 5:15, Lk 11:36; ἔρχεται ὁ λ., Mk 4:21; λ. ἅπτειν, Lk 8:16 11:33 15:8; φῶς λύχνου, Re 18:23; id. opp. to φ. ἡλίου, Re 22:5; metaph., of the eye, Mt 6:22, Lk 11:34; of John the Baptist, Jo 5:35; of the Lamb, Re 21:23; of prophecy, II Pe 1:19; of spiritual readiness, pl., λύχνοι (as always in LXX; freq. in Att. λύχνα), Lk 12:35.†
SYN.: λαμπάς, q.v.

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Exodus 25:36 · 25:37
Matthew 5:15 · 6:22
Mark 4:21
Luke 8:16 · 11:33 · 11:34 · 11:36 · 12:35 · 15:8
John 5:35
2 Peter 1:19
Revelation 18:23 · 21:23 · 22:5

Liddell-Scott-Jones

λύχνος, ὁ,

plural λύχνοι [Refs 7th c.BC+]. (fragment λυκ-sno-, compare Λύκη):—portable light, lamp, χρύσεος λ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λύχνα καίειν, ἀνάπτειν, light lamps, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λύχνους ἅπτειν to have an illumination, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἀπεσβήκει had been put out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς about lamp-lighting time, i. e. towards nightfall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάννυχος λ. παρακαίεται lamps are kept burning all night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔλαιον ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔνεστ᾽ ἐν τῷ λύχνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare κεράτινος.

__2 in plural, οἱ λύχνοι or τὰ λύχνα the lamp-market, οὑκ τῶν λ. [Refs]
__II a fish, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; cf. Latin lucerna, [Refs 1st c.AD+]