- Transliteration: Photizo

- Phonetic: fo-tid'-zo

- Definition:

1. to give light, to shine

2. to enlighten, light up, illumine

3. to bring to light, render evident

a. to cause something to exist and thus come to light and become clear to all

4. to enlighten, spiritually, imbue with saving knowledge

a. to instruct, to inform, teach

b. to give understanding to

- Origin: from G5457" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5457

- TDNT entry: 14:10,1

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G5457" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5457; to shed rays that is to shine or (transitively) to brighten up (literally or figuratively): - enlighten illuminate (bring to give) light make to see.