◄ 5461. phótizó ►
Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5461: φωτίζω φωτίζω; future φωτίσω (Revelation 22:5 L WH; 1 Corinthians 4:5), Attic φωτιῶ (Revelation 22:5 G T Tr); 1 aorist ἐφωτισα; perfect passive participle πεφωτισμενος; 1 aorist passive ἐφοτίσθην; 1. intransitive, to give light, to shine (Aristotle, Theophrastus, Plutarch, others; the Sept. for אור, Numbers 8:2, etc.): ἐπί τινα, Revelation 22:5 (Rom. WH brackets ἐπί). 2. transitive, a. properly, to enlighten, light up, illumine: τινα, Luke 11:36: τήν πόλιν, Revelation 21:23 (ἀκτισι τόν κόσμον, of the sun, Diodorus 3, 48; the Sept. for הֵאִיר); ἡ γῆ ἐφωτίσθη ἐκ τῆς δόξης (A. V. was lightened) shone with his glory, Revelation 18:1. b. to bring to light, render evident: τά κρυπτά τοῦ σκότους, 1 Corinthians 4:5; (Ephesians 3:9 according to the reading of T L brackets WH text (but see c.)) (τήν αἵρεσιν τίνος, the preference, opinion, of one, Polybius 23, 3, 10; τήν ἀλήθειαν, Epictetus diss. 1, 4, 31; πεφωτισμενων τῶν πραγματον ὑπό τῆς ἀληθείας, Lucian, cal. non tem. cred. 32); to cause something to exist and thus to come to light and become clear to all: ζωήν καί ἀφθαρσίαν διά τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, opposed to καταργῆσαι τόν θάνατον, 2 Timothy 1:10. c. by a use only Biblical and ecclesiastical, to enlighten spiritually, imbue with saving knowledge: τινα, John 1:9; with a saving knowledge of the gospel: hence, φωτισθέντες of those who have been made Christians, Hebrews 6:4; Hebrews 10:32; followed by an indirect question Ephesians 3:9 (see b. above) (Sir. 45:17; for הֵאִיר, Psalm 118:130 (; for הורָה, to instruct, inform, teach, Judges 13:8, Alex.; 2 Kings 12:2; φωτιοῦσιν αὐτούς τό κρίμα τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆς γῆς, 2 Kings 17:27 (cf. 1 Kings 17:28; others)); to give understanding to: πεφωτίσμενοι τούς ὀφθαλμούς τῆς καρδίας (Rec. διανοίας), as respects the eyes of your soul, Ephesians 1:18 (Buttmann, § 145, 6); ((cf. Sir. 31:20 (Sir. 34:20), etc.)). Forms and Transliterations εφωτισεν εφώτισεν ἐφώτισεν εφωτισθη εφωτίσθη ἐφωτίσθη πεφωτισμενους πεφωτισμένους φωτιεί φωτιείς φωτιζει φωτιζεί φωτίζει φωτίζειν φωτίζεις φωτιζη φωτίζη φωτίζῃ φωτίζου φωτίζουσα φωτίζουσαν φωτίζουσι φωτίζουσιν φωτίζων φωτιούσιν φωτισαι φωτίσαι φωτισαντος φωτίσαντος φωτίσατε φωτισάτω φωτισει φωτίσει φωτισθεντας φωτισθέντας φωτισθεντες φωτισθέντες φωτισθήσεται φωτίσθητε φωτισμοίς φώτισον ephotisen ephōtisen ephṓtisen ephotisthe ephotísthe ephōtisthē ephōtísthē pephotismenous pephotisménous pephōtismenous pephōtisménous photisai photísai phōtisai phōtísai photisantos photísantos phōtisantos phōtísantos photisei photísei phōtisei phōtísei photisthentas photisthéntas phōtisthentas phōtisthéntas photisthentes photisthéntes phōtisthentes phōtisthéntes photize phōtizē photizei photízei phōtizei phōtízei phōtízēi Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts