Definition

to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

Etymology

prolongation for the base of G5457 (φῶς);

Where the KJV renders it

• appear
• seem
• be seen
• shine
• X think

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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