φῶς

Noun

phōs · light

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 5457

Lexical summary

73

NT occurrences

6

Observed forms

About this Greek word

Light, Mt. 17:2; 2 Cor. 4:6; daylight, broad day, Mt. 10:27; Lk. 12:3; radiance, blaze of light, Mt. 4:16; Acts 9:3; 12:7; an instrument or means of light, a light, Mt. 6:23; Acts 16:29; a fire, Mk. 14:54; Lk. 22:56; from the Hebrew, the light of God’s presence, 2 Cor. 11:14; 1 Tim. 6:16; met. the light of Divine truth, spiritual illumination, Lk. 16:8; Jn. 3:19; Rom. 13:12; Eph. 5:8; 1 Pet. 2:9; 1 Jn. 1:7; 2:8, 9, 10; a source or dispenser of spiritual light, Mt. 5:14; Jn. 1:4, 5, 7, 8, 9; 8:12; 9:5; pure radiance, perfect brightness, 1 Jn. 1:5

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseNeuterReferences
SingularNominative
Matthew 4:16
Genitive
Luke 16:8
Dative
Matthew 10:27
Accusative
Matthew 4:16
Vocative——
PluralNominative——
Genitive
James 1:17
Dative——
Accusative
Acts 16:29
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

φῶς

Book distribution counts: John: 23 occurrences; Acts: 10 occurrences; Luke: 7 occurrences; Matthew: 7 occurrences; 1 John: 6 occurrences; Ephesians: 5 occurrences; Revelation: 4 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 3 occurrences; Romans: 2 occurrences; Mark: 1 occurrences; James: 1 occurrences; 1 Peter: 1 occurrences; 1 Timothy: 1 occurrences; Colossians: 1 occurrences; 1 Thessalonians: 1 occurrences

Author

φῶς
  • John33
  • Luke17
  • Paul13
  • Matthew7
  • Mark1
  • James1
  • Peter1

Author distribution counts: John: 33 occurrences; Luke: 17 occurrences; Paul: 13 occurrences; Matthew: 7 occurrences; Mark: 1 occurrences; James: 1 occurrences; Peter: 1 occurrences