λύχνος, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX for נִיר (Exo.25:37), al.) ;]

a lamp (portable, and usually set on a stand, λυχνία): Mat.5:15, Luk.11:36; ἔρχεται ὁ λ. Mrk.4:21; λ. ἅπτειν Luk.8:16 11:33 15:8; φῶς λύχνου, Rev.18:23; id. opposite to φ.ἡλίου, Rev.22:5; metaphorically, of the eye, Mat.6:22 Luk.11:34; of John the Baptist, Jhn.5:35; of the Lamb, Rev.21:23; of prophecy, 2Pe.1:19; of spiritual readiness, pl. λύχνοι (as always in LXX; frequently in Att.. λύχνα), Luk.12:35.†

SYN.: λαμπάς, q.v (AS)

a lamp