Topic
Enlighten
15 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Samuel 14:27ISBE
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
- 1 Samuel 14:29ISBE
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
- Ezra 9:8ISBE
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
- Job 33:30ISBE
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
- Psalms 13:3ISBE
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
- Psalms 18:28ISBE
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
- Psalms 19:8ISBE
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
- Psalms 97:4ISBE
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- Psalms 119:130ISBE
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
- 1 Corinthians 2:15ISBE
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
- Ephesians 1:18ISBE
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- 2 Timothy 3:15ISBE
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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- Hebrews 6:4 ISBE
- Hebrews 10:32 ISBE
- 2 Peter 1:19 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 15 references
en-lit'-'-n:
(1) 'or, "illumination" in every sense, used in the ordinary sense of giving natural light (Ps 97:4 the King James Version; see also Ezr 9:8) or as a sign of health and vigor (1Sa 14:27,29). "His eyes were enlightened," literally, "became bright." He had become weary and faint with the day's exertions and anxieties, and now recovers (see Job 33:30 and compare Ps 13:3). Thus in sickness and grief, the eyes are dull and heavy; dying eyes are glazed; but health and joy render them bright and sparkling, as with a light from within.
(2) In Ps 18:28 the King James Version, The word naghah, figuratively describes the believer's deliverance from the gloom of adversity and the restoration of joy in the knowledge of God.
(3) Most frequently the terms so translated mean the giving of spiritual light to the soul (Ps 19:8; Eph 1:18, photizo; Heb 6:4; 10:32). This spiritual enlightening the Spirit of God brings about through the Divine word (Ps 119:130; 2Ti 3:15; 2Pe 1:19). Sin mars the intellectual discernment; "but he that is spiritual discerneth all things" (1Co 2:15 King James Version, margin).
M. O. Evans
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.