What does "Lamp" mean in the Bible?
The lights of the East are of various kinds; not only oil, but pitch, naphtha, and wax are used to maintain the flame. Lamp appears in 19 verses across 9 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Lamp?
LAMP. The lights of the East are of various kinds; not only oil, but pitch, naphtha, and wax are used to maintain the flame. The wicks were generally made of cotton or of flax. According to rabbinical tradition, the wicks of the sacred lamps were made of the old linen garments of the priests. The form of Oriental lamps was fanciful, and often elegant. We have no descriptions of the forms specially used by the Hebrews, but they were probably not different from those used in Egypt and Western Asia. The materials of which lamps were made were baked clay, terra cotta, bronze, etc. The lamps of the Hebrews, it is probable, were suffered to burn all night, and this occasioned no great expense in a country so rich in oil. We are told that this was considered indispensable to the comfort of a family, and that the poorest people would rather deny themselves food than neglect it. The putting out of the light denoted the ruin and extinction of the family and the desertion of the house. This gives force to the words in Job 18:5-6; John 21:17; Job 29:3:" The light of the wicked shall be put out; * * * light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him." "How oft is Assyrian Terra-Cotta and Glass Lamps. (From British Museum.) Chaldaean Lamps Lamp with Christian Inscription. the candle of the wicked put out." Jer 25:10-11: Prov 20:20. Also in Prov 13:9: "The light of the righteous rejoiceth, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out;" and of the prudent wife, "Her candle goeth not out by night." Prov 31:18.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Lamp?
Where does Lamp appear in the Bible?
Lamp is referenced in 19 verses across 9 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 1 Kings 11:36
- 1 Kings 15:4
- 1 Samuel 3:3
- 2 Chronicles 21:7
- 2 Kings 8:19
- 2 Samuel 22:29
- Jeremiah 25:10
- Job 18:6
- Job 21:17
- Job 29:3
- Proverbs 6:23
- Proverbs 13:9
- Proverbs 20:20
- Proverbs 20:27
- Proverbs 24:20
- Proverbs 31:18
- Psalms 18:28
- Psalms 119:105
- Psalms 132:17
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Lamp.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Lamp?
Lamp appears in 19 verses across 9 books, most often in Proverbs, which accounts for 6 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Lamp?
Proverbs, Job, Psalms, 1 Kings, 1 Samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, and 1 more.
Where can I read every verse about Lamp?
This page lists 19 of them. Protos carries all 19, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
