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Thursday, October 9th, 2025
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Bible Dictionaries

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

Search Results: "lighten

Title Matches: 4
Light, Lighten
κουφίζω ► (Strong's #2893 — Verb — kouphizo — koo-fid'-zo ) "to make light, lighten" (the adjective kouphos, not in NT, denotes "slight, light, empty"), is used of "lightening" the ship, in Acts 27:38 . Note: For the phrase in
Light, Noun, and Verb, Lighten
photizo — fo-tid'-zo ) used (a) intrasitively, signifies "to shine, give light," Revelation 22:5 ; (b) transitively, (1) "to illumine, to light, enlighten, to be lightened," Luke 11:36 ; Revelation 21:23 ; in the Passive Voice, Revelation 18:1 ; metaphorically, of spiritual enlightenment, John 1:9
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