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lamp

Meaning of “lamp”

Sense 1: An oil vessel and burning wick used for light. Sense 2: By figure, a source, bearer, continuance, or sign of light.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
13 occurrences13 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 15:17

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Job 12:5
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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1611 witness · Job 12:5 · retained source text

He that is ready to slippe with his feet, is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

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A vessel containing oil burned by a wick, or the light so produced; figuratively, a light of any kind.

volume 2, leaf 34, column 1 (main_dictionary)