What does φωτεινός (phōteinós) mean in the Bible?
φωτεινός (phōteinós): Light-filled or radiant quality; contrasts with darkness (σκοτεινός) in describing both literal and spiritual illumination.
Greek · G5460
φωτεινός
Bright
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φωτεινόςG5460
Pronunciationphōteinós
What does φωτεινός (phōteinós) mean in the Bible?
φωτεινός (phōteinós): Light-filled or radiant quality; contrasts with darkness (σκοτεινός) in describing both literal and spiritual illumination.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5460?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include full of light (2), a bright (1), of light (1), radiant (1).
Where does φωτεινός (phōteinós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itfull of light2×Matthew 6:22, Luke 11:34
a bright1×Matthew 17:5
of light1×Luke 11:36
radiant1×Luke 11:36
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Matthew 6:22φωτεινὸνtofull of lightAdjective - Nominative Neuter SingularMatthew 17:5φωτεινὴtoa brightAdjective - Nominative Feminine SingularLuke 11:34φωτεινόνtofull of lightAdjective - Nominative Neuter SingularLuke 11:36φωτεινόνtoof lightAdjective - Nominative Neuter SingularLuke 11:36φωτεινὸνtoradiantAdjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 6:22
Aligned rows5
Books represented2
Matthew2Luke3
Source forms
φωτεινόν2xphōteinonLuke 11:34, Luke 11:36
φωτεινὸν2xphōteinonMatthew 6:22, Luke 11:36
φωτεινὴ1xphōteinēMatthew 17:5
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular4xMatthew 6:22, Luke 11:34, Luke 11:36
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular1xMatthew 17:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Light-filled or radiant quality; contrasts with darkness (σκοτεινός) in describing both literal and spiritual illumination.
Strong'sG5460
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms2 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkMatthew 6:22Source Gloss
bright
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:22Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
φωτεινὸνfwteinon
bright, luminous, full of light
Read verseMatthew 17:5Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
φωτεινὴfwteinh
bright, luminous, full of light
Read verseLuke 11:34Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
φωτεινόνfwteinon
bright, luminous, full of light
Read verseLuke 11:36Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
φωτεινόν,fwteinon
bright, luminous, full of light
Read verseLuke 11:36Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
φωτεινὸνfwteinon
bright, luminous, full of light
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms5Case patternNominative (5)Number patternSingular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterMatt 6:22 · Luke 11:34 · Luke 11:364×
Nominative · Singular · FeminineMatt 17:51×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
The eye as bright, contrasted with darkness, metaphor for spiritual perception
A bright cloud overshadowing the disciples at the Transfiguration, divine manifestation
The eye as bright when full of light, opposed to darkness in spiritual condition
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
φωτεινός is built from this root:
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