{"id":45665,"date":"2022-09-28T15:24:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T20:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/enlighten\/"},"modified":"2022-09-28T15:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T20:24:47","slug":"enlighten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/enlighten\/","title":{"rendered":"Enlighten"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Enlighten<\/h2>\n<p>en-lt&#8217;n:<\/p>\n<p>(1) , &#8216;or, illumination in every sense, used in the ordinary sense of giving natural light (Psa 97:4 the King James Version; see also Ezr 9:8) or as a sign of health and vigor (1Sa 14:27, 1Sa 14:29). His eyes were enlightened, literally, became bright. He had become weary and faint with the day&#8217;s exertions and anxieties, and now recovers (see Job 33:30 and compare Psa 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.<\/p>\n<p>(2) In Psa 18:28 the King James Version, The word , naghah, figuratively describes the believer&#8217;s deliverance from the gloom of adversity and the restoration of joy in the knowledge of God.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Most frequently the terms so translated mean the giving of spiritual light to the soul (Psa 19:8; Eph 1:18, , photzo; Heb 6:4; Heb 10:32). This spiritual enlightening the Spirit of God brings about through the Divine word (Psa 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<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<h2>Enlighten<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p> from phos, &#8220;light,&#8221; (a), used intransitively, signifies &#8220;to give light, shine,&#8221; <span class='bible'>Rev 22:5<\/span>; (b), used transitively, &#8220;to enlighten, illumine,&#8221; is rendered &#8220;enlighten&#8221; in <span class='bible'>Eph 1:18<\/span>, metaphorically of spiritual &#8220;englightenment;&#8221; so <span class='bible'>Joh 1:9<\/span>, i.e., &#8220;lighting every man&#8221; (by reason of His coming); <span class='bible'>Eph 3:9<\/span>, &#8220;to make (all men) see&#8221; (RV marg., &#8220;to bring to light&#8221;); <span class='bible'>Heb 6:4<\/span>, &#8220;were enlightened;&#8221; <span class='bible'>Heb 10:32<\/span>, RV, &#8220;enlightened,&#8221; AV, &#8220;illuminated.&#8221; See ILLUMINATED, LIGHT. Cp. photismos, &#8220;light,&#8221; and photeinos, &#8220;full of light.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Vine&#8217;s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlighten en-lt&#8217;n: (1) , &#8216;or, illumination in every sense, used in the ordinary sense of giving natural light (Psa 97:4 the King James Version; see also Ezr 9:8) or as a sign of health and vigor (1Sa 14:27, 1Sa 14:29). His eyes were enlightened, literally, became bright. He had become weary and faint with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/enlighten\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Enlighten&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}