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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Enlighten

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Enlighten

ENLI'GHTEN, verb transitive enli'tn. [from light.]

1. To make light; to shed light on; to supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.

His lightnings enlightened the world. Psalms 97:4.

2. To quicken in the faculty of vision; to enable to see more clearly.

Jonathan's--eyes were enlightened. 1 Samuel 14:27.

3. To give light to; to give clearer views; to illuminate; to instruct; to enable to see or comprehend truth; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.

4. To illuminate with divine knowledge, or a knowledge of the truth.

Those who were once enlightened. Hebrews 6:4.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Enlightened

ENLI'GHTENED, participle passive Rendered light; illuminated; instructed; informed; furnished with clear views.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Enlightener

ENLI'GHTENER, noun One who illuminates; he or that which communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Enlightening

ENLI'GHTENING, participle present tense Illuminating; giving light to; instructing.