Difference between revisions of "Candle; Candlestick"

<p> ''''' kan´d ''''' ' ''''' l ''''' , ''''' kan´d ''''' ' ''''' l ''''' - ''''' stik ''''' ( נר , <i> ''''' nēr ''''' </i> ; λύχνος , <i> ''''' lúchnos ''''' </i> ; מנורה , <i> ''''' menōrāh ''''' </i> ; λυχνία , <i> ''''' luchnı́a ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) "Candle" is found in the Old Testament, the King James Version, as the rendering of <i> ''''' nēr ''''' </i> , and in the New [[Testament]] for <i> ''''' luchnos ''''' </i> ̌ . In all places except &nbsp;Jeremiah 25:10 and &nbsp; Zephaniah 1:12 (see margin) the Revised Version (British and American) gives the more exact rendering "lamp." See [[Lamp]] . Candle, in our sense of the term, was unknown to antiquity. </p> <p> (2) "Candlestick" stands for what was a common and indispensable article of ancient house furniture, a lamp-stand ( <i> ''''' menōrāh ''''' </i> ). Accordingly we find it mentioned in a case thoroughly representative of the furnishings of an oriental room of the plainer sort, in the account of "the prophet's chamber" given in &nbsp;2 Kings 4:10 . Here we find that the furniture consisted of a "bed," a "table," a "seat," and a "candlestick," or lamp-stand. The excavations of Petrie and Bliss at [[Lachish]] ( <i> Tell el-Hesy </i> , 104), not to mention others, help to make it clear that a lamp-stand is meant in passages where the [[Hebrew]] word, <i> ''''' menōrāh ''''' </i> , or its Greek equivalent λυχνια , <i> ''''' luchnia ''''' </i> , is used. Accordingly throughout the New Testament, the Revised Version (British and American) has consistently rendered <i> ''''' luchnia ''''' </i> by "stand" (&nbsp;Matthew 5:15; &nbsp;Mark 4:21; &nbsp;Luke 8:16; &nbsp;Luke 11:33 ). </p> <p> (3) The "candlestick" of &nbsp;Daniel 5:5 is rather the candelabrum ( <i> ''''' nebhrashtā' ''''' </i> ) of Belshazzar's banqueting-hall. The "golden candlestick" of the tabernacle and the temple requires special treatment. See [[Candlestick]] (GOLDEN); [[Tabernacle]] . </p> <p> (4) [[Certain]] figurative uses of "candle" and "candlestick" in the Bible demand attention. The ancient and still common custom of the East of keeping a house lamp burning night and day gave rise to the figure of speech so universally found in oriental languages by which the continued prosperity of the individual or the family is set forth by the perennially burning lamp (see &nbsp; Job 29:3; "when his lamp shined upon my head"; &nbsp;Psalm 18:28 "Thou wilt light my lamp"). The converse in usage is seen in many passages - (see &nbsp; Job 18:6; "His lamp above him shall be put out"; &nbsp;Job 21:17 : "How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out"; &nbsp; Proverbs 24:20; "The lamp of the wicked shall be put out"; &nbsp;Jeremiah 25:10; "Take from them ... the light of the lamp"). The same metaphor is used in &nbsp;Revelation 2:5 to indicate the judgment with which the church of [[Ephesus]] was threatened: "I will move thy candlestick out of its place." "The seven golden candlesticks" (&nbsp; Revelation 1:20 ) which John saw were "the seven churches," the appointed light-bearers and dispensers of the religion of the risen Christ. Hence, the significance of such a threat. </p>

<p> ''''' kan´d ''''' ' ''''' l ''''' , ''''' kan´d ''''' ' ''''' l ''''' - ''''' stik ''''' ( נר , <i> ''''' nēr ''''' </i> ; λύχνος , <i> ''''' lúchnos ''''' </i> ; מנורה , <i> ''''' menōrāh ''''' </i> ; λυχνία , <i> ''''' luchnı́a ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) "Candle" is found in the Old Testament, the King James Version, as the rendering of <i> ''''' nēr ''''' </i> , and in the New [[Testament]] for <i> ''''' luchnos ''''' </i> ̌ . In all places except &nbsp;Jeremiah 25:10 and &nbsp; Zephaniah 1:12 (see margin) the Revised Version (British and American) gives the more exact rendering "lamp." See [[Lamp]] . Candle, in our sense of the term, was unknown to antiquity. </p> <p> (2) "Candlestick" stands for what was a common and indispensable article of ancient house furniture, a lamp-stand ( <i> ''''' menōrāh ''''' </i> ). Accordingly we find it mentioned in a case thoroughly representative of the furnishings of an oriental room of the plainer sort, in the account of "the prophet's chamber" given in &nbsp;2 Kings 4:10 . Here we find that the furniture consisted of a "bed," a "table," a "seat," and a "candlestick," or lamp-stand. The excavations of Petrie and Bliss at [[Lachish]] ( <i> Tell el-Hesy </i> , 104), not to mention others, help to make it clear that a lamp-stand is meant in passages where the [[Hebrew]] word, <i> ''''' menōrāh ''''' </i> , or its Greek equivalent λυχνια , <i> ''''' luchnia ''''' </i> , is used. Accordingly throughout the New Testament, the Revised Version (British and American) has consistently rendered <i> ''''' luchnia ''''' </i> by "stand" (&nbsp;Matthew 5:15; &nbsp;Mark 4:21; &nbsp;Luke 8:16; &nbsp;Luke 11:33 ). </p> <p> (3) The "candlestick" of &nbsp;Daniel 5:5 is rather the candelabrum ( <i> ''''' nebhrashtā' ''''' </i> ) of Belshazzar's banqueting-hall. The "golden candlestick" of the tabernacle and the temple requires special treatment. See [[Candlestick]] (GOLDEN); [[Tabernacle]] . </p> <p> (4) [[Certain]] figurative uses of "candle" and "candlestick" in the Bible demand attention. The ancient and still common custom of the East of keeping a house lamp burning night and day gave rise to the figure of speech so universally found in oriental languages by which the continued prosperity of the individual or the family is set forth by the perennially burning lamp (see &nbsp; Job 29:3; "when his lamp shined upon my head"; &nbsp;Psalm 18:28 "Thou wilt light my lamp"). The converse in usage is seen in many passages - (see &nbsp; Job 18:6; "His lamp above him shall be put out"; &nbsp;Job 21:17 : "How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out"; &nbsp; Proverbs 24:20; "The lamp of the wicked shall be put out"; &nbsp;Jeremiah 25:10; "Take from them ... the light of the lamp"). The same metaphor is used in &nbsp;Revelation 2:5 to indicate the judgment with which the church of [[Ephesus]] was threatened: "I will move thy candlestick out of its place." "The seven golden candlesticks" (&nbsp; Revelation 1:20 ) which John saw were "the seven churches," the appointed light-bearers and dispensers of the religion of the risen Christ. Hence, the significance of such a threat. </p>

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