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enlightened

Meaning of “enlightened”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of enlighten, meaning to give light, illuminate darkness, or cause light and understanding where there was obscurity.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
6 occurrences6 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Samuel 14:27

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “enlightened”

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1 Samuel 14:27
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 14:27 · retained source text

But Ionathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath; wherefore he put foorth the ende of the rodde that was in his hand, and dipt it in an hony combe, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were enlightened.

1 Samuel 14:29
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 14:29 · retained source text

Then said Ionathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes haue beene enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honie:

Job 33:30
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 33:30 · retained source text

To bring backe his soule from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the liuing.

Psalms 97:4
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 97:4 · retained source text

His lightnings inlightned the world: the earth sawe, and trembled.

Ephesians 1:18
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ephesians 1:18 · retained source text

The eyes of your vnderstanding being inlightned: that yee may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glorie of his inheritance in the Saints:

Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 6:4 · retained source text

For it is impossible for those who were once inlightned, and haue tasted of the heauenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Ghost,

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Historical definitions

Rendered light; illuminated; instructed; informed; furnished with clear views.

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