G5461 – photizo – φωτίζω – to shine on, enlighten
- Strong’s ID:
- G5461
- Greek Word:
- φωτίζω
- Transliteration:
- photizo
- Pronunciation:
- fo-tid’-zo
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- from G5457
- Usage Count:
- 11
- Search:
- Find “photizo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to shine on, enlighten
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G5457; to shed rays, i.e. to shine or (transitively) to brighten up (literally or figuratively):—enlighten, illuminate, (bring to, give) light, make to see.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to give light, to shine
2) to enlighten, light up, illumine
3) to bring to light, render evident
3a) to cause something to exist and thus come to light and become clear to all
4) to enlighten, spiritually, imbue with saving knowledge
4a) to instruct, to inform, teach
4b) to give understanding to
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.