Matthew 5:15
nor men tendeth a lantern, and putteth it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that it give light to all that be in the house.This verse in the real world
In what words
- μόδιοςmódiosa modius, i.e. certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil)
- λάμπωlámpōto beam, i.e. radiate brilliancy (literally or figuratively)
- λυχνίαlychníaa lamp-stand (literally or figuratively)
- καίωkaíōto set on fire, i.e. kindle or (by implication) consume
- λύχνοςlýchnosa portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively)
- τίθημιtíthēmito place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or
- οὐδέoudénot however, i.e. neither, nor, not even
- ὑπόhypóunder, i.e. (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or mean
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.