1. shine, give light — To shine, gleam, or radiate light. Used of the transfigured face of Jesus shining like the sun (Matt 17:2 elampsen), of a light shining in a prison cell when an angel appeared (Acts 12:7 elampsen), of God who commanded light to shine out of darkness now shining in believers' hearts (2 Cor 4:6 elampsen and lampsei), of lightning that flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other (Luke 17:24 lampei), of a lamp that shines for all in a house (Matt 5:15 lampei), and in the imperative 'let your light shine before men' (Matt 5:16 lampsato). Multilingual glosses are unanimous: Arabic ada'a/yudi'u (to illuminate), Hebrew he'ir/me'ir/ya'ir (to give light), Korean bichnada/bichumda (to shine), Spanish resplandecer/brillar/alumbrar, German leuchten, French briller, Hindi chamakna (to sparkle/shine). 7×
AR["أَضاءَ","أَضَاءَ","لِيُضِئْ","يُضيءُ","يُضِيءُ"]·ben["আলো-দিক","আলো-দেয়","উজ্জ্বল-করেছেন","উজ্জ্বল-হবে,","উজ্জ্বল-হল","চমকায়"]·DE["leuchten","λάμπει","λαμψάτω","ἔλαμψεν"]·EN["it-shines","let-shine","shines","shone","will-shine"]·FR["briller"]·heb["הֵאִיר","יָאִיר","יָאֵר","מֵאִיר"]·HI["चमक","चमकता-है","चमकती-है","चमकाया","चमकी","चमके","चमकेगा"]·ID["akan-bersinar","bersinar","hendaklah-bersinar"]·IT["elampsen","lampei","lampsato","risplendere"]·jav["badha-sumunar,","madhangi","sampun-sumunar","sumunar","sumunar,","sunaraken"]·KO["비쳤다","비춤다","비춰라","빛나리라","빛난다","빛났다"]·PT["ilumina","resplandece","resplandecerá","resplandeceu","resplandeça"]·RU["возсияет","возсиял","воссиял","да-светит","засияло","светит","сияет"]·ES["alumbra","alumbre","brillará","brilló","resplandece","resplandeció"]·SW["aliangaza","iangaze","ikang'aa","iliangaza","inaangaza","itaangaza,","unaangaza"]·TR["aydınlanır","aydınlatır","ki-","parladı","parlatın","parlayacak"]·urd["چمکا","چمکایا","چمکتا-ہے","چمکتی-ہے","چمکی","چمکے","چمکے-گی"]
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λάμπω, Refs 8th c.BC+; Ionic dialectIterat. λάμπεσκεν Refs 5th c.BC+: future -ψω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἔλαμψα Refs 5th c.BC+perfect λέλαμπα (in present sense) Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refsimperfect ἐλαμπόμην, Epic dialect λαμπ-, Refs 8th c.BC+: future λάμψομαι (ἐλλ-) Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, future λαμφθήσομαι (ἐλλ-) Refs 3rd c.AD+: aorist ἐλάμφθην Refs 1st c.AD+ (περι-): from these late forms of…