G5338: φέγγος
phéngos · “brightness”
Definition
brilliancy
KJV translates it as: light
Word origin: probably akin to the base of G5457 (φῶς) (compare G5350 (φθέγγομαι));
Extended definition
φέγγος, -ους, τό
[in LXX chiefly for נֹגַהּ ;]
light, brightness, usually with genitive of something that shines or reflects: of the moon, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24; of a lamp, Luk.11:33 (WH, RV, φῶς).†
SYN.: αὐγή, q.v (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נֹגַהּ ;]
light, brightness, usually with genitive of something that shines or reflects: of the moon, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24; of a lamp, Luk.11:33 (WH, RV, φῶς).†
SYN.: αὐγή, q.v (AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5338 is translated
- light ×2
Bible verses with G5338 (phéngos)
Phéngos appears in 2 verses.
- Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
- Mark 13:24
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,