# G3088 λύχνος

λύχνος (lýchnos), Strong’s G3088: a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively) KJV: candle, light. Occurs 59 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G3088 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*lýchnos* — a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively)

KJV: candle, light

Derived from [λευκός leukós](https://besorah.bible/word/G3022) (white)

Occurs 59 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 5:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=15) — Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the…
- [Matthew 6:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=22) — “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
- [Mark 4:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=21) — He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?
- [Luke 8:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=16) — “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those…
- [Luke 11:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=33) — “No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see…
- [Luke 11:34](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=34) — The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is…
- [Luke 11:36](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=36) — If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp…
- [Luke 12:35](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/12?v=35) — “Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
- [Luke 15:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=8) — “Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and…
- [John 5:35](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/5?v=35) — He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.