The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

φωστήρ

Lemmaφωστήρ
Citation formφωστήρ, ῆρος, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa light, brilliancy
Strong’sG5458
Transliterationphōstḗr
Definitionan illuminator, i.e. (concretely) a luminary, or (abstractly) brilliancy
KJV glosses:--light.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences2

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
φωστὴρ
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)Revelation 21:11
φωστῆρες
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)Philippians 2:15

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: φωστηρ.