Quick Definition
brightness, light
Strong's Definition
brilliancy
Derivation: probably akin to the base of G5457 (φῶς) (compare G5350 (φθέγγομαι));
KJV Usage: light
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φέγγος, φέγγους, τό (akin to φαίνειν), from Aeschylus and Pindar down, light: of the moon, Mat_24:29; Mar_13:24; of a candle or lamp, Luk_11:33 R G T Tr marginal reading (cf. ἀστραπή, Luk_11:36). (Joe_2:10; Joe_3:15 (); Eze_1:4; Eze_1:13; Eze_1:27; Hos_7:6.) [SYNONYMS: αὐγή, φέγγος, φῶς: φῶς light the general term, (of the light of a fire in Mar_14:54; Luk_22:56); φέγγος a more concrete and emphatic term (cf. Luk_11:33), the bright sunshine, the beam of light, etc.; αὐγή a still stronger term, suggesting the fiery nature of the light; used of shooting, heating, rays. A Greek spoke of ἡλίου, φῶς, φέγγος, αὐγή; or, φωτός φέγγος, αὐγή; or, φέγγους αὐγή; but these formulas are not reversible. Schmidt, chapter 33; cf. Trench, § xlvi.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φέγγος phengos 2x
light, splendor, radiance, Mat_24:29 ; Mar_13:24
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φέγγος , -ους , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5051 ;]
light, brightness, usually c . gen . of something that shines or reflects: of the moon, Mat_24:29 , Mar_13:24 ; of a lamp, Luk_11:33 ( WH , RV , φῶς ).†
SYN.: αὐγή G833 , q.v.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φέγγος φέγγος, ος, εος, τό, "light, splendour, lustre", Hhymn. , Pind. , Trag. ; esp. like φάος, φῶς, "daylight", Trag. ; δεκάτῳ φέγγει ἔτους in the tenth year's "light", i. e. in the tenth year, Aesch. :—also "moonlight", Xen. of men, φ. ἰδεῖν to see "the light", come into the world, Pind. ; λιπεῖν φ. Eur. "the light" of torches or fire, Aesch. :— "a light, torch", Ar. ; pl. φέγγη "watchfires", Plut. "the light" of the eyes, Eur. , Theocr. ; τυφλὸν φ., i. e. blindness, Eur. "light", as a metaph. for glory, pride, joy, Pind. , Aesch. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φέγγος, -ους, τό
[in LXX chiefly for נֹגַהּ ;]
light, brightness, usually with genitive of something that shines or reflects: of the moon, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24; of a lamp, Luk.11:33 (WH, RV, φῶς).†
SYN.: αὐγή, q.v (AS)
