O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 2:5 · retained source text
O house of Iacob, come yee, and let vs walke in the light of the LORD.
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
Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-references
272 occurrences235 verses46 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:3
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “light”
¶ Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:20 · retained source text
¶ Woe vnto them that call euill good, and good euill, that put darkenes for light, and light for darkenesse, that put bitter for sweete, and sweete for bitter.
1611 marginal noteHeb. that say concerning euill, It is good,&c.
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:30 · retained source text
And in that day they shall roare against them, like the roaring of the sea: and if one looke vnto the land, behold darkenesse and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heauens therof.
1611 marginal noteOr, distresse.
1611 marginal noteOr, when it is light it shalbe darke in the destructions thereof.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 8:20 · retained source text
To the Law and to the Testimonie: if they speake not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
1611 marginal noteHeb. no morning.
1611 marginal noteHeb.2.13.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 9:2 · retained source text
The people that walked in darknesse, haue seene a great light: they that dwel in the land of the shadow of death, vpon them hath the light shined.
1611 marginal noteMat.4.15. ephe.5.14.
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:17 · retained source text
And the light of Israel shall bee for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burne and deuoure his thornes and his briers in one day:
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 13:10 · retained source text
For the starres of heauen, and the constellations thereof shall not giue their light: the sunne shalbe darkened in his going forth, and the moone shall not cause her light to shine.
1611 marginal noteEzek. 32.7. ioel.2.31 and 3.15. matth.24.29. mar.13.24. luc.21.25.
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:26 · retained source text
Moreouer the light of the Moone shalbe as the light of the Sunne, and the light of the Sunne shall be seuenfold, as the light of seuen dayes, in the day that the LORD bindeth vp the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 42:6 · retained source text
I the LORD haue called thee in righteousnes, and wil hold thine hand, and will keepe thee, and giue thee for a couenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:
1611 marginal noteChap. 49.5. luk.2.32 acts.13.47.
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 42:16 · retained source text
And I will bring the blinde by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in pathes that they haue not knowen: I wil make darkenesse light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I doe vnto them, and not forsake them.
1611 marginal noteHebr. into straightnes.
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
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
6 verses
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
6 verses
Source order
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