Forms of the word

Dictionary
φωτεινός, ή, όν
Greek transliteration
phōteinos
Simplified transliteration
photeinos

Numbers

Strong's number
5460
GK Number
5893

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(2a)
Gloss
full of light; bright
Definition
radiant, lustrous,

, Mt. 17:5; enlightened, illuminated, Mt. 6:22; Lk. 11:34, 36 (2x)*

Greek-English Concordance for φωτεινός

Matthew 6:22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be filled with light (phōteinon | φωτεινόν | nom sg neut);
Matthew 17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright (phōteinē | φωτεινή | nom sg fem) cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased; listen to him!”
Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is sound, then your whole body is full (phōteinon | φωτεινόν | nom sg neut) of light, but when it is diseased, then your body is full of darkness.
Luke 11:36 If then your whole body is full of light (phōteinon | φωτεινόν | nom sg neut), having no part of it dark, it will be wholly bright (phōteinon | φωτεινόν | nom sg neut), as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.”

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