Words the Bible translates as brightness
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- orאוֹרphysical light in every form: the brightness of day, dawn, the sun, moon and stars, lightning, and lamplight
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- light as a picture of life, rescue, favor, and guidance: the brightness that means things are well
- phengosφέγγοςbrightnessnot studied yet
- nogahנֹגַהּbrightness: the gleaming radiance a source throws off, whether from fire, the sun and stars, or the presence of God
- epiphaneiaἐπιφάνειαa shining out into view: the moment someone who was out of sight steps into full visibility, used of Christ coming into open view to save and to judge
- lamprotēsλαμπρότηςbrightnessnot studied yet
- toharטֹהַרbrightness: the clear, shining look of something with nothing clouding it
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- purity: being in the clear before God, named as a condition a person is in, together with the counted days that condition covers
- apaugasmaἀπαύγασμαthe shining of a glory: the brightness that belongs to and comes from a source of light
- zoharזֹהַרbrightnessnot studied yet
- negohahנְגֹהָהbrightnessnot studied yet
- neharahנְהָרָהdaylight: the light that beams out over a day, set directly against darkness
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