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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.

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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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Job 3:4
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:4 · retained source text

Let that day bee darkenesse, let not God regard it from aboue, neither let the light shine vpon it.

Job 3:9
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:9 · retained source text

Let the starres of the twilight thereof be darke, let it looke for light, but haue none, neither let it see the dawning of the day:

1611 marginal noteHeb. the eye lids of the morning.

Job 3:16
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:16 · retained source text

Or as an hidden vntimely birth, I had not bene; as infants which neuer saw light.

Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:20 · retained source text

Wherefore is light giuen to him that is in misery, and life vnto the bitter in soule?

Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:23 · retained source text

Why is light giuen to a man, whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

1611 marginal noteChap. 19.8.

Job 10:22
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 10:22 · retained source text

A land of darknes, as darknes it selfe, and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkenes.

Job 12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 12:22 · retained source text

Hee discouereth deepe things out of darkenesse, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 12:25 · retained source text

They grope in the darke without light, and hee maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wander.

Job 17:12
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 17:12 · retained source text

They change the night into day: the light is short, because of darknes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. neere.

Job 18:5
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 18:5 · retained source text

Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe put out, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.

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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.