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τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ

Light · "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.

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φῶς G5457 light
Pronunciation phōs
Spiritual truth and divine revelation revealing God's character and transforming human understanding.
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ἐν G1722 "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
Pronunciation en
Denotes location, state, means, or mystical union; especially "in Christ" expressing the believer's spiritual position.
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What does τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ (to phōs to en soi) mean in the Bible?

φῶς · ἐν is a Greek word meaning "the light that is in you".

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Meaning

the light that is in you
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 4:16 · Matt 5:14 · Matt 5:16 · Matt 6:23 · Matt 17:2 · Luke 11:35 · John 1:4 · John 1:5 · John 1:8 · John 1:9 · John 3:19 · John 8:12 · John 9:5 · John 11:10 · John 12:35 · John 12:46 25×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Luke 16:8 · John 1:7 · John 1:8 · John 12:36 · Acts 22:11 · Rom 13:12 · 2 Cor 11:14 · Eph 5:8 · Eph 5:9 · Eph 5:13 · 1 Thess 5:5 · Rev 21:24 · Rev 22:5 13×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Jas 1:17 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 10:27 · Luke 12:3 · John 5:35 · 2 Cor 6:14 · Col 1:12 · 1 John 1:7 · 1 John 2:9 · 1 John 2:10 9×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 4:16 · Mark 14:54 · Luke 2:32 · Luke 8:16 · Luke 22:56 · John 3:19 · John 3:20 · John 3:21 · John 8:12 · John 11:9 · John 12:35 · John 12:36 · Acts 13:47 · Acts 22:6 · Acts 22:9 · Acts 26:13 23×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Acts 16:29 1×
72 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness Acts 26 — Paul Before Agrippa: The Risen Christ Sends Light to Jews and Gentiles Ephesians 5 — Walking in Love, Light, Wisdom, and Spirit-Filled Order John 1 — The Word Made Flesh, Witnessed, and Followed John 10 — The Good Shepherd, the Door, and the Son One with the Father John 12 — The Anointed King, the Lifted-Up Son of Man, and the Hour of Glory John 14 — The Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Father Revealed in the Son, and the Promise of the Spirit John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 3 — New Birth, Lifted-Up Son, and the Love of God for the World John 8 — The Light of the World, True Freedom, and the I AM Before Abraham John 9 — The Man Born Blind, the Light of the World, and the Blindness of Religious Unbelief Matthew 17 — The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom Matthew 4 — The Tested Son, the Kingdom Proclaimed, and the First Disciples Called Matthew 5 — Kingdom Blessedness, Fulfilled Law, and Heart-Level Righteousness Romans 13 — Submission to Governing Authorities, Love as the Fulfillment of the Law, and Life in the Light of the Coming Day

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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