Strong’s H5050 · Hebrew
נָגַהּ
nâgahh · naw-gah'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to glitter; causatively, to illuminate
In the King James Version (en-) lighten, (cause to) shine.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Samuel 22:29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
- Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
- Job 22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
- Psalms 18:28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
- Isaiah 9:2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
- Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.