portable lamp or other illuminator

(portable, and usually set on a stand, ): , ; , ; , ; , ; id. opp. to , ; metaph., of the eye, , ; of John the Baptist, ; of the Lamb, ; of prophecy, ; of spiritual readiness, pl., (as always in LXX; freq. in Att. ), .† a lamp λυχνία ἔρχεται ὁ λ. λ. ἅπτειν φῶς λύχνου φ. ἡλίου λύχνοι λύχνα Mt 5:15 Lk 11:36 Mk 4:21 Lk 8:16 11:33 15:8 Re 18:23 Re 22:5 Mt 6:22 Lk 11:34 Jo 5:35 Re 21:23 II Pe 1:19 Lk 12:35

a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively)

candle, light