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Luke 8:16; 11:33, 36; 15:8; Rev. 18:23; 22:5; (b) metaphorically, of Christ as the Lamb,
Rev. 21:23,
RV
, “lamp” (
KJV
, “light”); of John the Baptist, John 5:35,
RV
, “the lamp”
(
KJV
, “a … light”); of the eye, Matt. 6:22, and Luke 11:34,
RV
, “lamp”; of spiritual
readiness, Luke 12:35,
RV
, “lamps”; of “the word of prophecy,” 2 Pet. 1:19,
RV
, “lamp.”
See
LIGHT
.¶
“In rendering
$
and
our translators have scarcely made the most of the
words at their command. Had they rendered
by ‘torch’ not once only (John 18:3),
but always, this would have left ‘lamp,’ now wrongly appropriated by lampas,
disengaged. Altogether dismissing ‘candle,’ they might then have rendered
$
by
‘lamp’ wherever it occurs. At present there are so many occasions where ‘candle’ would
manifestly be inappropriate, and where, therefore, they are obliged to fall back on ‘light,’
that the distinction between
and
$
nearly, if not quite, disappears in our
Version. The advantages of such a re-distribution of the words would be many. In the
first place, it would be more accurate.
6$
is not a ‘candle’ (‘
’ from
‘
’ the white wax light, and then any kind of taper), but a hand-lamp, fed with oil.
Neither is
a ‘lamp,’ but a ‘torch’” (Trench
- !
, Sec.xlvi).
Note:
There is no mention of a candle in the original either in the OT or in the NT.
The figure of that which feeds upon its own substance to provide its light would be
utterly inappropriate. A lamp is supplied by oil, which in its symbolism is figurative of
the Holy Spirit.
LAMPSTAND
$
(
&
, 3087) is mistranslated “candlestick” in every occurrence in the
KJV
and in certain places in the
RV
; the
RV
has “stand” in Matt. 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 8:16;
11:33; “candlestick” in Heb. 9:2; Rev. 1:12, 13, 20 (twice); 2:1, 5; 11:4; the
RV
marg.,
gives “lampstands” in the passages in Rev., but not in Heb. 9:2.¶
LAND
A. Nouns.
1. ( , 1093), in one of its usages, denotes (a) “land” as distinct from sea or other
water, e.g., Mark 4:1; 6:47; Luke 5:3; John 6:21; (b) “land” as subject to cultivation, e.g.,
Luke 14:35 (see
GROUND
); (c) “land” as describing a country or region, e.g., Matt. 2:20,
21; 4:15; Luke 4:25; in 23:44,
RV
, “(the whole) land,”
KJV
, “(all the) earth”; Acts 7:29;
Heb. 11:9,
RV
, “a land (not his own),”
KJV
“a (strange) country;” Jude 5. In Acts 7:11 the
KJV
follows a reading of the noun with the definite article which necessitates the insertion
of “land.” See
EARTH
.
2.
(
0$
, 5561) is used with the meaning “land,” (a) of a country, region, e.g.,
Mark 1:5; Luke 15:14; sometimes translated “region,” e.g., Matt. 4:16; Luke 3:1; Acts
8:1; 13:49; 16:6; (b) of property, Luke 12:16, “ground.” See
COUNTRY
, A, No. 3.
3.
(
$&
, 5564), a diminutive of No. 2, in form, but not in meaning, is
translated “land” in the sense of property, in Acts 4:34; 5:3, 8; 28:7,
RV
, “lands” (
KJV
,
“possessions”). See
FIELD
,
GROUND
, A, No. 4,
PLACE
,
POSSESSION
.