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Strong's G5338 φέγγος (phengos)

Phengos means “light” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5338 — netsal (“deliver”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5338
Language Greek
Linked Usages 25
Books 13

Strong's G5338 Quick Answer

Strong's G5338 φέγγος (pheggos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pheggos (feng'-gos) n. 1. brilliancy [probably akin to the base of G5457] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include light. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
pheggos (feng'-gos) n. 1. brilliancy [probably akin to the base of G5457]
Usage
25 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
light

Meaning and Definition

pheggos (feng'-gos) n. 1. brilliancy [probably akin to the base of G5457] KJV: light Compare: G5350 See also: G5457

Original Word
φέγγος
Transliteration
pheggos
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5338. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

brightness

Usage: φέγγος, -ους, τό [in LXX chiefly for נֹגַהּ ;] light, brightness, usually with genitive of something that shines or reflects: of the moon, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24; of a lamp, Luk.11:33 (WH, RV, φῶς).† SYN.: αὐγή, q.v (AS)

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How Strong's G5338 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pheggos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

light Matthew 24:29

How Strong's G5338 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 19 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5338 (φέγγος) appears 23 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5338 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5338 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 24:29 KJV

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Mark 13:24 KJV

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Luke 11:33 KJV

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

Strong's G5338 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

19 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

2 Kingdoms 22:13 Septuagint / Brenton

At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.

2 Kingdoms 23:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, From the light of which the Lord passed on, And as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.

Job 3:4 Septuagint / Brenton

Let that night be darkness, And let not the Lord regard it from above, Neither let light come upon it.

Strong's G5338 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 12:9 Septuagint / Brenton

he came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set fire on the haven and the navy, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem two hundred and forty furlongs off.

3 Maccabees 6:4 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou destroyedst Pharaoh, with his host of chariots, when that lord of this same Egypt was uplifted with lawless hardihood and loud-sounding tongue. Shedding the beams of thy mercy upon the race of Israel, thou didst overwhelm him with his proud army.

Wisdom of Solomon 7:10 Septuagint / Brenton

I loved her above health and beauty, And chose to have her instead of light: For the light that cometh from her never goeth out.

Usage Excerpts

First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5338.

2 Kingdoms 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
2 Kingdoms 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, From the light of which the Lord passed on, And as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.
Job 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let that night be darkness, And let not the Lord regard it from above, Neither let light come upon it.
Job 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, Neither can anyone see the life of mortals.
Job 22:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness And there shall be light upon thy paths.
Job 38:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Or did I order the morning light in thy time; And did the morning star then first see his appointed place;
Job 41:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At his sneezing a light shines, And his eyes are as the appearance of the morning star.
Ezekiel 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I looked, and, behold, a sweeping wind came from the north, and a great cloud on it, and there was brightness round about it, and gleaming fire, and in the midst of it as it were the appearance of amber in the midst of the fire, and brightness in it.
Ezekiel 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the midst of the living creatures there was an appearance as of burning coals of fire, as an appearance of lamps turning among the living creatures; and the brightness of fire, and out of the fire came forth lightning.
Ezekiel 1:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber from the appearance of the loins and upward, and from the appearance of the loins and under I saw an appearance of fire, and the brightness thereof round about.
Ezekiel 1:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the appearance of the bow when it is in the cloud in days of rain, so was the form of the brightness round about.
Ezekiel 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the glory of the Lord departed from the cherubs to the porch of the house; and the cloud filled the house, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
Ezekiel 43:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came by the eastern way; and there was a voice of an army, as the sound of many redoubling their shouts, and the earth shone like light from the glory round about.
Hosea 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore their hearts are inflamed as an oven, while they rage all the night: Ephraim is satisfied with sleep; the morning is come; he is burned up as a flame of fire.
Joel 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Before them the earth shall be confounded, and the sky shall be shaken: the sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
Joel 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
Amos 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this day gloom without brightness?
Habakkuk 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His excellence covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness shall be as light; There were horns in his hands, And he caused a mighty love of his strength.
Habakkuk 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: Thy darts shall go forth at the light, At the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.
Matthew 24:29 New Testament, KJV
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Mark 13:24 New Testament, KJV
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Luke 11:33 New Testament, KJV
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
2 Maccabees 12:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
he came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set fire on the haven and the navy, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem two hundred and forty furlongs off.
3 Maccabees 6:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou destroyedst Pharaoh, with his host of chariots, when that lord of this same Egypt was uplifted with lawless hardihood and loud-sounding tongue. Shedding the beams of thy mercy upon the race of Israel, thou didst overwhelm him with his proud army.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I loved her above health and beauty, And chose to have her instead of light: For the light that cometh from her never goeth out.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5338, grouped by book.

2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5338 FAQ

What does phengos (φέγγος) mean?

Phengos (Strong's G5338) is a Greek word most simply glossed "light". pheggos (feng'-gos) n. 1. brilliancy [probably akin to the base of G5457]

How many times is phengos (φέγγος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G5338 across 13 books.

Where can I study phengos (φέγγος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5338 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate phengos (φέγγος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as light. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5338 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 19 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5338, with linked reader references where each row is available.