λύχνον (luchnon) in Matthew 5:15: Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
λύχνον (luchnon) in Matthew 5:15
Textual Witness
The witness reads λύχνον in Matthew 5:15.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Names the object of the lamp illustration.
How To Communicate It
Use it to keep the illustration concrete: a lamp is lit for visibility.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Keep the form tied to Matthew 5:15.
- Do not detach it from the lamp illustration in Matthew 5:15.
- Do not use morphology alone to build a complete doctrinal claim.
What Does The Label Mean?
Noun: the form names a person, place, thing, or concept in the clause.
Accusative: marks the noun sentence role as the context requires.
Singular: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.
Masculine: grammatical gender marks form agreement and does not by itself make a theological claim.
What The Form Does In This Verse
Light
The lamp illustration in Matthew 5:15
Names the lamp that is lit in the illustration.
Do not treat the lamp as a separate symbol disconnected from the light saying.
How Much The Form Matters Here
Medium: lamp image
Accusative lamp object. receives the lighting action. Attached to light. Governed by the lamp illustration in Matthew 5:15. Read with they light a lamp.
What do people light in the illustration? They light a lamp.
Direct: The noun directly supports lamp.
This occurrence must be read within Matthew 5:15, not as a standalone word study.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The witness reads λύχνον in Matthew 5:15.
The lemma names a lamp, the object people light in the illustration.
The accusative form receives the action of the lighting verb.
The lamp image shows that light is not meant to be hidden.
The form supports Jesus movement from identity as light to visible practice.
Use it to keep the illustration concrete: a lamp is lit for visibility.
Do not build a complete symbolic system from the noun alone.