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phōtismós

illumination, light

Say it: fo-tis-MOS (approximate)

φωτισμός

What it means

Giving of light, enlightenment, from which we get "photo." In 4:4 and 4:6 Paul speaks of "the light of the gospel" and "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God." The word appears only in these two verses in the New Testament.

Range of meaning

  • IlluminationLight shed on something.
  • EnlightenmentUnderstanding.

In 2 Corinthians

  • Chapter 4

    "The light of the Good News of the glory of Christ" (4:4, 4:6).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G5462 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources