Luke 12:35
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;”
καίω
To burn, to set on fire. Kaio. Were not our hearts burning within us? The presence of Jesus ignites the heart. When He opens the Scriptures something catches fire inside.
περιζώννυμι
girded
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περιζώννυμι
to gird all around, i.e. (middle voice or passive) to fasten on one's belt (literally or figuratively)
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ὀσφῦς
waist
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ὀσφῦς
the loin (externally), i.e. the hip; internally (by extension) procreative power
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λύχνος
lamps
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λύχνος
a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively)
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εἰμί
should be
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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