- λαμπάς
- λαμπάς, άδος, ἡ (s. λάμπω; Aeschyl., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol 10:8; TestJob; ParJer 3:2; Philo, Joseph., SibOr; Mel., Fgm. 8b [περὶ λουτροῦ] 3; loanw. in rabb.).① torch (in this mng. in Trag.; Thu. 3, 24, 1; Polyb. 3, 93, 4; Herodian 4, 2, 10; OGI 764, 43; 50; 54; Sir 48:1; Jos., Bell. 6, 16, Ant. 5, 223; SibOr Fgm. 3, 44), so prob. J 18:3 w. φανοί (=lanterns; both articles together Dionys. Hal. 11, 40, 2; PLond II, 1159, 59 p. 113 [II A.D.]=Mitt-Wilck. I/2, p. 493).—Celestial phenomena that resemble burning torches (Diod S 16, 66; Ps.-Aristot., De Mundo 4; Erot. Gr. Fgm. pap ed. BLavagnini 1922, Herp. 47; PGM 4, 2939ff ἀστέρα ὡς λαμπάδα) ἀστὴρ μέγας καιόμενος ὡς λαμπάς Rv 8:10 (Diod S 15, 50, 2 ὤφθη κατὰ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐπὶ πολλὰς νύκτας λαμπὰς μεγάλη καομένη; Artem. 2, 9 p. 92, 22 λαμπάδες ἐν οὐρανῷ καιόμεναι). Cp. ἑπτὰ λαμπάδες πυρὸς καιόμεναι ἐνώπιον τ. θρόνου 4:5 (λαμπάδες πυρός as Eutecnius 4 p. 39, 6; Gen 15:17; Na 2:5; Da 10:6; Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 311.—λαμπάδες καιόμεναι as Artem. [see above]; Job 41:11).② lamp (so POxy 1449 [III A.D.]; Jdth 10:22; Da 5:5 Theod.) w. a wick and space for oil Mt 25:1, 3f, 7f (acc. to FZorell, Verbum Domini 10, 1930, 176–82; HAlmqvist, Plut. u. d. NT ’46, 46 [Mor. 263f] the wedding torch [s. 1] is meant here); Ac 20:8. It is uncertain whether λαβέτωσαν ἀνὰ λαμπάδα let each (daughter) take a lamp (or torch) GJs 7:2 (‘lampe’ deStrycker; ‘flambeau’ EAmann, Le Protévangile de Jacques et ses remaniements latins 1910) belongs under 1 or 2 (cp. Mt 25:1 and Lk 12:35).—RAC VII 154–217. B. 484. DELG s.v. λάμπω. M-M. TW.
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