Forms of the word

Dictionary
λαμπάς, άδος, ἡ
Greek transliteration
lampas
Simplified transliteration
lampas

Numbers

Strong's number
2985
GK Number
3286

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
9
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3c(2)
Gloss
lamp, lantern, torch
Definition
a light, Acts 20:8; a lamp, Rev. 4:5; 8:10, a portable lamp, lantern, torch, Mt. 25:1, 3, 4, 7, 8; Jn. 18:3*

Greek-English Concordance for λαμπάς

Matthew 25:1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their torches (lampadas | λαμπάδας | acc pl fem) and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Matthew 25:3 For when the foolish took their torches (lampadas | λαμπάδας | acc pl fem), they did not take oil with them.
Matthew 25:4 But the wise took oil in containers along with their torches (lampadōn | λαμπάδων | gen pl fem).
Matthew 25:7 Then all the virgins woke up and prepared their torches (lampadas | λαμπάδας | acc pl fem).
Matthew 25:8 The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our torches (lampades | λαμπάδες | nom pl fem) are going out.’
John 18:3 So Judas, having procured a detachment of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches (lampadōn | λαμπάδων | gen pl fem) and weapons.
Acts 20:8 There were a number of lamps (lampades | λαμπάδες | nom pl fem) in the upper room where we had gathered.
Revelation 4:5 Out from the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Seven torches (lampades | λαμπάδες | nom pl fem) of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning before the throne,
Revelation 8:10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and there fell from heaven a great star, blazing like a torch (lampas | λαμπάς | nom sg fem), and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

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