And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:3 · retained source text
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
1611 marginal note2.Cor. 4.6.
KJV dictionary & concordance
light
Meaning of “light”
Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.
Definition sources
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272 occurrences235 verses46 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:3
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And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:4 · retained source text
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the light from the darkenesse.
1611 marginal noteHebr. betweene the light and betweene the darkenesse.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:5 · retained source text
And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: and the euening and the morning were the first day.
1611 marginal noteHebr. and the euening was, and the morning was &c.
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 1:15 · retained source text
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth: and it was so.
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:16 · retained source text
And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the starres also.
1611 marginal noteHebr. for the rule of the day, &c.
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 1:17 · retained source text
And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth:
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:18 · retained source text
And to rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.
1611 marginal noteIer. 31.35
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 44:3 · retained source text
Assoone as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they, and their asses.
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 10:23 · retained source text
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three dayes: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
1611 marginal noteWisd. 18.1.
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 13:21 · retained source text
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to giue them light to goe by day and night.
1611 marginal noteNum. 14.14. deut. 1.33. psal. 78.14. 1.cor. 10.1.
Complete reference index — all 235 verses
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Where “light” appears
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Genesis11 occurrences
8 versesExodus13 occurrences
11 versesLeviticus1 occurrence
1 verseNumbers4 occurrences
4 versesDeuteronomy1 occurrence
1 verseJudges2 occurrences
2 versesRuth1 occurrence
1 verse1 Samuel6 occurrences
6 verses2 Samuel5 occurrences
5 verses1 Kings6 occurrences
4 verses2 Kings4 occurrences
4 verses2 Chronicles1 occurrence
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2 versesEsther1 occurrence
1 verseJob31 occurrences
31 versesPsalms25 occurrences
24 versesProverbs5 occurrences
5 versesEcclesiastes3 occurrences
3 versesIsaiah31 occurrences
22 versesJeremiah5 occurrences
4 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel3 occurrences
3 versesDaniel3 occurrences
3 versesHosea1 occurrence
1 verseAmos2 occurrences
2 versesMicah3 occurrences
3 versesHabakkuk2 occurrences
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2 versesZechariah2 occurrences
2 versesMatthew14 occurrences
11 versesMark1 occurrence
1 verseLuke13 occurrences
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16 versesActs10 occurrences
10 versesRomans2 occurrences
2 verses1 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Corinthians6 occurrences
5 versesEphesians5 occurrences
3 versesColossians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verse2 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verse1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse2 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse1 John6 occurrences
5 versesRevelation7 occurrences
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8 versesExodus13 occurrences
11 versesLeviticus1 occurrence
1 verseNumbers4 occurrences
4 versesDeuteronomy1 occurrence
1 verseJudges2 occurrences
2 versesRuth1 occurrence
1 verse1 Samuel6 occurrences
6 verses2 Samuel5 occurrences
5 verses1 Kings6 occurrences
4 verses2 Kings4 occurrences
4 verses2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah2 occurrences
2 versesEsther1 occurrence
1 verseJob31 occurrences
31 versesPsalms25 occurrences
24 versesProverbs5 occurrences
5 versesEcclesiastes3 occurrences
3 versesIsaiah31 occurrences
22 versesJeremiah5 occurrences
4 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel3 occurrences
3 versesDaniel3 occurrences
3 versesHosea1 occurrence
1 verseAmos2 occurrences
2 versesMicah3 occurrences
3 versesHabakkuk2 occurrences
2 versesZephaniah2 occurrences
2 versesZechariah2 occurrences
2 versesMatthew14 occurrences
11 versesMark1 occurrence
1 verseLuke13 occurrences
10 versesJohn24 occurrences
16 versesActs10 occurrences
10 versesRomans2 occurrences
2 verses1 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Corinthians6 occurrences
5 versesEphesians5 occurrences
3 versesColossians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verse2 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verse1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse2 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse1 John6 occurrences
5 versesRevelation7 occurrences
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Definition evidence
1 · Direct Scripture definition
1 John 1:5
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
2 · KJV context and cross-references