KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: An oil vessel and burning wick used for light. Sense 2: By figure, a source, bearer, continuance, or sign of light.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 15:17
Complete exact-word concordance
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
And it came to passe that when the Sunne went downe, and it was darke, behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lampe that passed betweene those pieces.
1611 marginal noteHebrewe. a lampe of fire.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A vessel containing oil burned by a wick, or the light so produced; figuratively, a light of any kind.
