brit’-nes: Used by the [[King James Version]] in Heb 1:3 for "effulgence of his glory," as in the [[Revised Version]] (British and American) and the American Standard Revised Version. The Greek apaugasma may mean either "reflection" or "radiation." Patristic usage favors the latter; compare [[The Wisdom of Solomon]] 7:26; also the [[Nicene Creed]]: "Light of Light," i.e. the Son not only manifests the Father, but is of the same substance. "What emanates from light, must have the nature of light" (Delitzsch).

Brightness