Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 5:14 · retained source text
Yee are the light of the world. A citie that is set on an hill, cannot be hid.
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”
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 5:15 · retained source text
Neither doe men light a candle, and put it vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.
1611 marginal noteThe word in the originall signifieth a measure containing about a pint lesse then a pecke.
1611 marginal noteMarke 4.21 luke 8.16. and 11.33.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 5:16 · retained source text
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father which is in heauen.
1611 marginal note1.Pet. 2.12.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 6:22 · retained source text
The light of the body is the eye: If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shalbe full of light.
1611 marginal noteLuke 11.34.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:23 · retained source text
But if thine eye be euill, thy whole body shall be full of darknesse. If therfore the light that is in thee be darkenesse, how great is that darkenesse?
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 10:27 · retained source text
What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee vpon the house tops.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 11:30 · retained source text
For my yoke is easie, and my burden is light.
1611 marginal note1.Iohn 5.3.
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 17:2 · retained source text
And was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the Sunne, and his raiment was white as the light.
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 22:5 · retained source text
But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, another to his merchandize:
¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 24:29 · retained source text
¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those dayes, shall the Sunne be darkned, and the Moone shall not giue her light, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of the heauens shall be shaken.
1611 marginal noteMarke 13.24. luke 21.25. esay 13.10. ioel 2.31. ezek. 32.7.
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