φῶς (Att.. contr. from φάος; < φάω), gen., φωτός, τό,
[in LXX chiefly for אוֹר;]
light (opp. to τὸ σκότος, ἡ σκοτία): Mt 17:2, 5, Jo 11:9, 10, II Co 4:6; ἡλίου, Re 22:5; of a lamp, Lk 8:1611:33, Jo 5:35, Re 18:23; of a supernatural heavenly light, Ac 9:312:722:6, 9, 1126:13; hence, ἄγγελος φωτός, II Co 11:14; ὁ κλήρος τ. ἁγίων ἐν τ. φ., Col 1:12; of the divine glory, Re 21:24; by meton., of that which gives light: of fire, Mk 14:54, Lk 22:56 (cl.; I Mac 12:29; cf. DCG, i, 595); pl., of a lamp or torch, Ac 16:29; of heavenly bodies, Ja 1:17.
Metaph.,
(a) of God: I Jo 1:5, 7; φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον, I Ti 6:16;
(b) of spiritual truth and its effects on the lives of men: Mt 4:165:16, Jo 1:4, 53:19-21, Ac 26:18, 23, II Co 6:14, Eph 5:13, I Pe 2:9, I Jo 2:8; τ. φ. τ. ζωῆς, Jo 8:12; τ. ὅπλα τοῦ φ., Ro 13:12; καρπὸς τοῦ φ., Eph 5:9; έν τ. φ. περιπατεῖν (εἶναι, μένειν), I Jo 1:72:9, 10; υἱοὶ (τέκνα) τοῦ φ., Lk 16:8, Jo 12:36, Eph 5:8, I Th 5:5; by meton., of one from whom truth shines forth: Ac 13:47(LXX), Ro 2:19; esp. of Christ, Lk 2:32, Jo 1:7, 812:35, 36, 46; τ. φ. τ. κόσμου, Jo 8:129:5;τ. φ. τ. ἀληθινόν, Jo 1:9; of Christians, Mt 5:14, Eph 5:8;
(c) of the spiritual understanding: τ. φ. τὸ ἐν σοί, Mt 6:23, Lk 11:35;
(d) adverbially, of that which is open to view (opp. to ἐν τ. σκοτίᾳ): ἐν τ. φ., Mt 10:27, Lk 12:3.†
SYN.: v.s. φέγγος