Uses of the Word “Lamp” in Scriptures

Psalms 132:17

“Here I will make a horn grow for David and set up a lamp for my anointed one.

Literal lamps as typical of truth:

Exodus 27:20

“Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning.

Leviticus 24:2

“Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning continually.

Hebrews 10:1

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

A supernatural manifestation:

Genesis 15:17

When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.

Ezekiel 1:13

The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.

Daniel 10:6

His body was like chrysolite, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.

A symbol of God:

2 Samuel 22:29

You are my lamp, O LORD; the LORD turns my darkness into light.

A symbol of remembrance:

1 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless, for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.