Torch
φανόςStrong’s G5322phanos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Phanos is the Greek word usually translated “lanterns”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.”
Meaning
Usually translated “lanterns”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- lanterns 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
φανός phanos · torch
φανός, -οῦ, ὁ (φαίνω), a torch or lantern (see Rutherford, NPhr., 131 f.): Jhn.18:3.† SYN.: see: λαμπάς (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “torch” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TORCH, noun
[Latin torqueo, tortus.]
A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood or of candles.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.