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Learn the Greek word for light and its variations, such as fo̱s, elafrós, fo̱teinós, fanós, fo̱tiá, sélas, anoiktós, análafros, fo̱tízo̱, anápto̱, katavaíno̱. See also related words and phrases for light in Greek and English.
Original Word: φῶς. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter. Transliteration: phós. Pronunciation: foce. Phonetic Spelling: (foce) Definition: Light. Meaning: light, a source of light, radiance. Word Origin: Derived from the root word φάω (phao), meaning "to shine" or "to make manifest."
20 paź 2024 · Compare φαεινός (phaeinós), φάω (pháō), and φαίνω (phaínō). Cognates include Latin iubar (“radiance, light”); Sanskrit भास् (bhās, “light, brilliance”) and भास (bhāsa, “luster, light”); and Old English basu (“purple”).
23 sie 2021 · Learn the formal and informal ways to say "light" in Ancient Greek, with examples and regional variations. Explore the rich and diverse vocabulary of one of the oldest recorded languages in the world.
24 wrz 2024 · Noun. [edit] φως • (fos) n (plural φώτα) light. Declension. [edit] Declension of φως. Derived terms. [edit] έτος φωτός n (étos fotós, “light year”) Related terms. [edit] φωτο- (foto-, “photo”) Greek terms prefixed with φωτο- -φως compounds like. ηλιόφως n (iliófos) ημίφως n (imífos) λυκόφως n (lykófos) σκιόφως n (skiófos)
By a figure frequently in the N. T. (cf. in classic Greek τῆς ἀληθείας τό φῶς, Euripides, L T. 1046 etc.; see Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2), φῶς is used to denote truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity congruous with it (opposed to τό σκότος b., ἡ σκοτία, which see): ἡ ...
G5457 - φῶς phōs, foce; from an obsolete φάω pháō (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays; compare , ); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative):—fire, light.
