ʾôr

Semantic range

1. 1daylight; the light of the luminaries
2. 2life, prosperity, favour
3. 3instruction and truth

The first thing spoken into being (Genesis 1:3) — and notably three days before the sun. Ancient and modern readers alike have noticed; Latter-day Saint scripture supplies a category that fits, describing a light "which proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space," the light "which giveth life to all things" (D&C 88:12–13).

That doctrine of the Light of Christ (Moroni 7:16–19; John 1:9; D&C 93:2) treats light as more than an image: it is the medium of divine influence, the moral sense given to every person, and the substance of glory itself.

See also

• כָּבוֹדkābôd
• φῶςphōs
• λόγοςlogos