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Candle

1Greek/Hebrew entries
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Hebrew H5216 nîyr

Original: נִיר

Meaning:
or נִר; also נֵיר; or נֵר; or (feminine) נֵרָה; from a primitive root (see נִיר; נוּר) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively); candle, lamp, light.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: candle, lamp, light.

Verses containing this word showing 16 of 16
Job 18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. Open
Job 21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. Open
Job 29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; Open
Psalm 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. Open
Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. Open
Proverbs 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. Open
Proverbs 31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. Open
Jeremiah 25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. Open
Matthew 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Open
Mark 4:21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? Open
Luke 8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. Open
Luke 11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. Open
Luke 11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. Open
Luke 15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? Open
Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Open
Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. Open

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