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G5457 · φῶς

phōs

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Strong’s definition

compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)

KJV gloss list in the source

fire, light

Derivation recorded by Strong

from an obsolete (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays;

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