φωστήρ
καὶ ὑπολέλειμμαι ἐγὼ μονώτατος, καὶ ζητοῦσι τὴν ψυχήν μου λαβεῖν αὐτήν → and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away (1 Kings 19:14)
English (LSJ)
ῆρος, ὁ,
A that which gives light, οἱ φ. the lights of heaven, stars, LXXGe.14, al., Simp. in Epict.p.72 D.; οἱ δύο φ., i.e. sun and moon, ibid., cf. Procl.Hyp.4.72, etc.; φαίνεσθε ὡς φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ Ep.Phil.2.15. 2 splendour, radiance, ὁ φ. αὐτῆς ὅμοιος λίθῳ τιμιωτάτῳ Apoc.21.11. 3 metaph., of a king, τῷ φ. τῷ ἡμετέρῳ Them.Or.16.204c. 4 of the eyes, Vett.Val.110.22. II opening for light, door or window, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1323] ῆρος, ὁ, der Licht Gebende, Erleuchtende, Erhellende, LXX. u. Sp., wie λόγων καὶ νόμων φ. Pallad. in Paralip. 140 (XI, 389); οἱ φωστῆρες, die Himmelslichter, die Sterne, Constant. Rhod. ep. in Paralip. 203 (XV, 17). – Auch, wie φῶς, Thür od. Fenster, durch welche das Licht einfällt, Sp.
