Vocabulary Form
φῶς, φωτός, τό
Definition

light

Erasmian
Modern
Root
φωτ
Frequency
73
GK
5890
Cognates

A photograph is a picture drawn by light.

Mnemonics

You need light for your photos to come out right.

Mnemonic Singing

Oh, tell of His might, Oh, sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, Whose canopy space.

Song
Notes

Aternate song:
Fire and ice, darkness and light,
can never live together.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 4:16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut), and on those living in the region and shadow of death, a light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) has dawned.”
Matthew 5:14 You are the light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:16 Let your light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) shine like that before others, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”
Matthew 6:23 but if your eye is evil, your whole body will be filled with darkness. If then the light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew 10:27 What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light (phōti | φωτί | dat sg neut); and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.
Matthew 17:2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut).
Mark 14:54 And Peter followed him from a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest, and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut).
Luke 2:32 a light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut) for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory for your people Israel.”
Luke 8:16 “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a container or puts it under a bed, but places it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut).
Luke 11:33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a vault or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut).
Luke 11:35 Therefore consider whether the ‘light’ (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) that is in you is not darkness.
Luke 12:3 All that you said in the darkness will be heard in the light (phōti | φωτί | dat sg neut), and what you said in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Luke 16:8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light (phōtos | φωτός | gen sg neut).
Luke 22:56 Seeing him sitting at the fire (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut), a certain servant girl looked at him intently and said, “This man also was with him.”
John 1:4 In him was life, and that life was the light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) of men.
John 1:5 The light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has not understood it.
John 1:7 He came as a witness to bear testimony about the light (phōtos | φωτός | gen sg neut) so that everyone might believe through him.
John 1:8 He was not the light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut), but came to bear testimony about the light (phōtos | φωτός | gen sg neut).
John 1:9 The true light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut), which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
John 3:19 And the basis for judging is this, that light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) has come into the world and people love darkness rather than light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut), because their deeds are evil.
John 3:20 For everyone who practices wickedness hates the light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut) and does not come to the light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut) for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
John 3:21 But the one who does the truth comes to the light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut), so that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
John 5:35 He was a lamp that was burning and giving light, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light (phōti | φωτί | dat sg neut).
John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light (phōs | φῶς | acc sg neut) of life.”
John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light (phōs | φῶς | nom sg neut) of the world.”