What does λυχνία (lychnía) mean in the Bible?
λυχνία (lychnía): A stand bearing a lamp, used metaphorically for churches as witnesses of God's light in the world.
Greek · G3087
λυχνία
A lamp-stand (literally or figuratively)
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λυχνία G3087
Pronunciation lychnía
What does λυχνία (lychnía) mean in the Bible?
λυχνία (lychnía): A stand bearing a lamp, used metaphorically for churches as witnesses of God's light in the world.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3087?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include lampstands (6), a stand (4), lampstand (2).
Where does λυχνία (lychnía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (7), Luke (2), Hebrews (1), Mark (1).
Are there verse guides for λυχνία (lychnía)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It lampstands 6× Revelation 1:12, Revelation 1:13, Revelation 1:20, Revelation 2:1
a stand 4× Matthew 5:15, Mark 4:21, Luke 8:16, Luke 11:33
lampstand 2× Hebrews 9:2, Revelation 2:5
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 5:15 λυχνίαν to a stand Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 4:21 λυχνίαν to a stand Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 8:16 λυχνίας to a stand Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 11:33 λυχνίαν to a stand Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Hebrews 9:2 λυχνία to lampstand Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Revelation 1:12 λυχνίας to lampstands Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 1:13 λυχνιῶν to lampstands Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Revelation 1:20 λυχνίας to lampstands Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 1:20 λυχνίαι to lampstands Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural Revelation 2:1 λυχνιῶν to lampstands Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 5:15
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 5
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 2 Hebrews 1 Revelation 7
Source forms
λυχνίαν 4x lychnian Matthew 5:15, Mark 4:21, Luke 11:33, Revelation 2:5
λυχνίας 3x lychnias Luke 8:16, Revelation 1:12, Revelation 1:20
λυχνίαι 2x lychniai Revelation 1:20, Revelation 11:4
λυχνιῶν 2x lychniōn Revelation 1:13, Revelation 2:1
λυχνία 1x lychnia Hebrews 9:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 4x Matthew 5:15, Mark 4:21, Luke 11:33, Revelation 2:5
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 2x Revelation 1:12, Revelation 1:20
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 2x Revelation 1:13, Revelation 2:1
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 2x Revelation 1:20, Revelation 11:4
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Luke 8:16
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 9:2
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A stand bearing a lamp, used metaphorically for churches as witnesses of God's light in the world.
Source Gloss
a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A stand bearing a lamp, used metaphorically for churches as witnesses of God's light in the world.
(vulgar form of λυχνίον = λυχνοῦχος; see Kennedy, Sources, 40), [in LXX for מְנוֹרָה (Exo.25:31 40:4, al.) ;] a lampstand: Mat.5:15, Mrk.4:21, Luk.8:16 11:33; of that in the Tabernacle, Heb.9:2; metaphorically, of the two witnesses, Rev.11:4; of the seven churches of Asia, Rev.1:12-13, 20 2:1; of the removal of a church from its position, κινεῖν τ. λυχνίαν κ.τ.λ., Rev.2:5.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
lucnian
a lamp-stand
Read verse Mark 4:21 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λυχνίαν lucnian
a lamp-stand
Read verse Luke 8:16 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λυχνίας lucniav
a lamp-stand
Read verse Luke 11:33 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λυχνίαν, lucnian
a lamp-stand
Read verse Hebrews 9:2 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
λυχνία lucnia
a lamp-stand
Read verse Revelation 1:12 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
λυχνίας lucniav
a lamp-stand
Read verse Revelation 1:13 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
λυχνιῶν lucniwn
a lamp-stand
Read verse Revelation 1:20 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
λυχνίας lucniav
a lamp-stand
Read verse Revelation 1:20 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
λυχνίαι lucniai
a lamp-stand
Read verse Revelation 2:1 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
λυχνιῶν lucniwn
a lamp-stand
Read verse Revelation 2:5 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λυχνίαν lucnian
a lamp-stand
Read verse Revelation 11:4 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
λυχνίαι lucniai
a lamp-stand
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 12 Case pattern Accusative (6) Number pattern Plural (6)
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Rev 1:20 · Rev 11:4 2×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Heb 9:2 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Rev 1:13 · Rev 2:1 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 8:16 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rev 1:12 · Rev 1:20 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Literal lampstand on which a lamp is placed to give light
Literal lampstand as comparison for revealing hidden things through light
Literal lampstand illustrating principle of light and illumination
Figurative representation of the seven churches of Asia as golden lampstands
Figurative designation of the two witnesses as olive trees and lampstands
Showing 5 selected witnesses from 12 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
λυχνία is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain