Definition

a lamp-stand (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G3088 (λύχνος);

Word family

• λύχνος lýchnos

How the KJV renders it

• candlestick

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.