φῶς phōs

Meaning

compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)

In the King James Version: fire, light

Derivation: from an obsolete (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays;

Where it is used

• Matthew 4:16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
• Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
• Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
• Matthew 6:23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
• Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
• Matthew 17:2 There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
• Mark 14:54 Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.
• Luke 2:32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
• Luke 8:16 No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
• Luke 11:33 No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
• Luke 11:35 Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
• Luke 12:3 What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
• Luke 16:8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
• Luke 22:56 A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.
• John 1:4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
• John 1:5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
• John 1:7 He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
• John 1:8 He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
• John 1:9 The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
• John 3:19 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
• John 3:20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
• John 3:21 But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
• John 5:35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
• John 8:12 Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• John 9:5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
• John 11:9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
• John 11:10 But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
• John 12:35 Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
• John 12:36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
• John 12:46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
• Acts 9:3 As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
• Acts 12:7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
• Acts 13:47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
• Acts 16:29 Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
• Acts 22:6 About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
• Acts 22:9 My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
• Acts 22:11 Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
• Acts 26:13 About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
• Acts 26:18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
• Acts 26:23 that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
• Romans 2:19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
• Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
• 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
• 2 Corinthians 11:14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
• Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
• Ephesians 5:9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
• Ephesians 5:13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
• Ephesians 5:14 So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
• Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:5 For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
• 1 Timothy 6:16 He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
• James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
• 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• 1 John 1:5 And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
• 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
• 1 John 2:8 Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
• 1 John 2:9 If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
• 1 John 2:10 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
• Revelation 18:23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”