MATTHEW 5:15

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Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

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Matthew 5:15 Translation & Meaning

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Neither οὐδὲ Not however, i.e., neither, nor, not even Neither
do men light καίουσιν To set on fire, i.e., kindle or (by implication) consume do men light
a candle, λύχνον A portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively) candle
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
put τιθέασιν To place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate) put
it αὐτὸν The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons it
under ὑπὸ Under, i.e., (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, through); (with the accusative case) of place (whither (underneath) or where (below) or time (when (at)) under
a bushel, μόδιον A modius, i.e., certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil) bushel
but ἀλλ' Properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) but
on ἐπὶ Properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc on
a candlestick; λυχνίαν A lamp-stand (literally or figuratively) candlestick
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
it giveth light λάμπει To beam, i.e., radiate brilliancy (literally or figuratively) giveth light
unto all πᾶσιν All, any, every, the whole all
that are τοῖς The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) are
in ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc in
the τῇ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
house. οἰκίᾳ Properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics) house

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  • 13  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

  • 14  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

  • 15  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

  • 16  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

  • 17  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.




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