Here is the meaning of the Greek word 'photizo', and the Bible references where it is used.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number:
g5461 Greek:
photizo
Enlighten:
from
phos, "light,"
(
a), used intransitively, signifies "to give light, shine,"
Rev 22:5;
(
b), used transitively, "to enlighten,
illumine," is rendered "enlighten" in
Eph 1:18, metaphorically of spiritual "enlightenment;" so
Jhn 1:9, i.e., "lighting every man" (by reason of His coming);
Eph 3:9, "to make (all men) see" (RV marg., "to bring to light");
Hbr 6:4, "were enlightened;"
Hbr 10:32, RV, "enlightened," AV,
"illuminated."
See
ILLUMINATED,
LIGHT. Cp.
photismos, "light," and
photeinos, "full of light."
101 Verb Strong's Number:
g5461 Greek:
photizo
Light, Noun, and Verb (Bring To, Give), Lighten:
used
(
a) intrasitively, signifies "to shine, give light,"
Rev 22:5;
(
b) transitively,
(1) "
to illumine, to light, enlighten, to be lightened,"
Luk 11:36;
Rev 21:23; in the Passive Voice,
Rev 18:1; metaphorically, of spiritual enlightenment,
Jhn 1:9;
Eph 1:18;
3:9, "to make... see;"
Hbr 6:4;
10:32, "ye were enlightened," RV (AV, "...
illuminated");
(2) "to bring to light,"
1Cr 4:5 (of God's act in the future);
2Ti 1:10 (of God's act in the past).
See
ENLIGHTEN,
ILLUMINATE.