Strong's #5461: photizo (pronounced fo-tid'-zo)

from 5457; to shed rays, i.e. to shine or (transitively) to brighten up (literally or figuratively):--enlighten, illuminate, (bring to, give) light, make to see.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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phōtizō

1) to give light, to shine

2) to enlighten, light up, illumine

3) to bring to light, render evident

3a) to cause something to exist and thus come to light and become clear to all

4) to enlighten, spiritually, imbue with saving knowledge

4a) to instruct, to inform, teach

4b) to give understanding to

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G5457

Citing in TDNT: 9:310, 1293

Usage:

This word is used 11 times:

 

Luke 11:36: "when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light."
John 1:9: "true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into"
1 Corinthians 4:5: "the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things"
Ephesians 1:18: "eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is"
Ephesians 3:9: "And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery,"
2 Timothy 1:10: "death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through"
Hebrews 6:4: "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly"
Hebrews 10:32: "days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;"
Revelation 18:1: "and the earth was lightened with his glory."
Revelation 21:23: "the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb"
Revelation 22:5: "light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign"