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kukui

1. placename. village, Hilo qd.; beach, Kohala qd.; point, Honomū qd.; stream, Waipiʻo qd.; ancient surfing areas, Nāpoʻopoʻo and Hōnaunau qds. Finney-Houston 26, Hawaiʻi. Peak (3,005 feet high) and trail, Waimea Canyon, Kauaʻi. Point, north Lānaʻi. Peak (5,788 feet high), Lahaina qd., and bay, Kīpahulu qd., Maui. Heiau, Kamalō qd., south Molokaʻi; and elevation, Mauna Loa, Airport qd., Molokaʻi, where the men of Pālāʻau to the north were turned into kauila trees. In this story ʻUmi-a-Maka, a youth skilled in mokomoko (hand-to-hand fighting) who lived above ʻĪloli hill at Kawailoa, was challenged by an unknown from Kawahuna. On the advice of his kahuna, ʻUmi-a-Maka brought a small black pig to Kukui Hill. Its squealing drove away his opponents' gods and turned the people into kauila trees (Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, September 14, 1922). Area on the Makapuʻu side of Pāhonu, Waimānalo, Oʻahu (FS 266). Downtown Honolulu lane and street named in 1856; the first street lamp (kukui) was at Fort and Kukui streets TM. The State tree is the kukui; its oily nuts were used for lights. lit.: candlenut lamp, light of any kind.
2. n.
  • candlenut tree (Aleurites moluccana), a large tree in the spurge family bearing nuts containing while, oily kernels which were formerly used for lights;
  • hence the tree is a symbol of enlightenment.
  • the nuts are still cooked for a relish (ʻinamona).
  • the soft wood was used for canoes,
  • gum from the bark was used for painting tapa;
  • black dye was obtained from nut coats and from roots,
  • (nuts were chewed and spat into the sea by men fishing with nets for parrot fish (kākā₄ uhu₁) in order to calm the sea (FS 38–9): see ex. pili₁).
  • polished nuts are strung in leis;
  • the silvery leaves and small white flowers are strung in leis as representative of Molokaʻi, as designated in 1923 by the Territorial legislature.
  • the kukui was named the official emblem for the State of Hawaii in 1959 because of its many uses and its symbolic value.
  • kukui is one of the plant forms of Kamapuaʻa that comes to help him (FS 215).
  • called kuikui on Niʻihau.

3. lamp, light, torch. fig., guide, leader.
4. star name (no data).

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Mat 5:15ʻAʻole i hoʻā ʻia ke kukui i mea e waiho ʻia ai ma lalo iho o ke poʻi, akā, ma kahi e kau ai ʻo ke kukui, i mālamalama no ka poʻe a pau i loko o ka hale.Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
Mat 6:22ʻO ka maka ko ke kino kukui nō ia. Inā he maikaʻi kou maka, e mālamalama ana kou kino a pau."The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
Mat 25:1A laila, e hoʻohālike ʻia ke aupuni o ka lani me nā wāhine puʻupaʻa he ʻumi, na lākou i lawe ko lākou mau kukui, a hele akula i waho e hālāwai me ke kāne mare."At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mat 25:3Lawe akula ua poʻe naʻaupō lā i ko lākou mau kukui, ʻaʻole naʻe i lawe pū i ka ʻaila.The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.
Mat 25:4Akā, lawe pū akula ua poʻe naʻauao lā i ka ʻaila i loko o ko lākou mau ipu me nā kukui o lākou.The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.
Mat 25:7A laila, ala aʻela ua poʻe wāhine puʻupaʻa lā a pau, a koli ihola i ko lākou mau kukui."Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
Mat 25:8ʻĪ akula ka poʻe naʻaupō i ka poʻe naʻauao, E hāʻawi mai no mākou i kauwahi ʻaila o ʻoukou; no ka mea, ua pio ko mākou mau kukui.The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.'
Mar 4:21ʻĪ maila ʻo ia iā lākou, Ua lawe ʻia mai anei he kukui e hahao ʻia ai ma lalo o ke poʻi, a ma lalo o kahi moe paha, ʻaʻole anei no ke kau ʻia ma luna o kahi e kau ai ke kukui?He said to them, "Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don't you put it on its stand?
Luka 8:16ʻAʻole mea i hoʻā i ke kukui a hūnā iho ma lalo iho o ke poʻi, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hahao ma lalo aʻe o kahi moe; akā, kau ʻia nō ia ma ka mea kaukukui, i ʻike ʻia ai ka mālamalama e ka poʻe i komo i loko."No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.
Luka 11:33ʻAʻole mea i kuni i ke kukui a waiho iho ma kahi nalo, ʻaʻole hoʻi ma lalo aʻe o ke poʻi, akā, ma kahi e kau ai ke kukui, i ʻike ai i ka mālamalama ka poʻe i komo i loko."No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.
Luka 11:34ʻO ke kukui o ke kino, ʻo ka maka ia: a i maikaʻi hoʻi kou maka, ua mālamalama kou kino a pau; a i ʻino kou maka, a laila ua pouli kou kino.Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness.
Luka 11:36No ia mea, inā mālamalama kou kino a pau, ʻaʻole ona wahi pouli, a laila ua puni ia i ka hoʻomālamalama ʻia, e like me ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana o ke kukui iā ʻoe i kona ʻaʻā pono ʻana.Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you."
Luka 12:35E kākoʻo ʻia ko ʻoukou mau pūhaka, i ʻaʻā hoʻi ko ʻoukou mau kukui;"Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning,
Luka 15:8A ʻo wai lā hoʻi ka wahine he mau hapawalu kāna he ʻumi, a i nalowale kekahi, ʻaʻole ia e kuni i ke kukui a kāhili i ka hale, a ʻimi ikaika a loaʻa ia iā ia?"Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
Ioane 5:35He kukui ʻaʻā mālamalama ʻo ia; a ʻoliʻoli ihola ʻoukou i kona mālamalama i kekahi manawa.John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.
ʻOih 16:29Noi akula ia i kukui, lele akula i loko, e haʻalulu ana, moe ihola i mua o Paulo lāua me Sila,The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
ʻOih 20:8Ua nui nō hoʻi nā kukui ma ke keʻena ma luna, i kahi a mākou i ʻākoakoa ai.There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.
2-Pet 1:19Eia hoʻi iā kākou kā nā kāula ʻōlelo, i hōʻoiaʻiʻo loa ʻia; ua hana pono nō hoʻi ʻoukou i ko ʻoukou mālama ʻana ia mea, me he kukui lā, e hoʻomālamalama ana i kahi pouli, a wehe mai ke alaula, a puka mai ka hōkūao i loko o ko ʻoukou mau naʻau;And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Hōʻik 18:23ʻAʻole e ʻike hou ʻia i loko ou ka mālamalama o ke kukui; ʻaʻole e lohe hou ʻia i loko ou ka leo o ke kāne mare a me ka wahine mare; no ka mea, ʻo kou poʻe kālepa, he poʻe hanohano lākou o ka honua; no ka mea, ua puni wale ko nā ʻāina a pau i kou kilokilo ʻana.The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world's great men. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
Hōʻik 22:5ʻAʻole pō ma laila, ʻaʻole hoʻi ma ke kukui, a me ka mālamalama o ka lā; no ka mea, na ka Haku na ke Akua nō e hoʻomālamalama iā lākou: a e lilo lākou i mau aliʻi a i ke ao pau ʻole.There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.
Kin 1:15I mau kukui hoʻi lākou i loko o ke aouli o ka lani, e hoʻomālamalama mai ai i ka honua: a pēlā ʻiʻo nō.and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.
Kin 15:17A napoʻo ihola ka lā, a pōʻeleʻele ihola, aia hoʻi, neʻe aʻela ka umu ahi e pūnohu ana a me ke kukui e ʻā ana ma waena o ua mau ʻāpana lā.When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
Puk 25:38A ʻo kona ʻūpā ahi a me kona ʻūpā koli kukui, he gula maikaʻi.Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold.
Puk 30:7A e puhi ʻo ʻAʻarona ma luna o laila i mea ʻala maikaʻi, i kēlā kakahiaka, kēia kakahiaka: i kona wā e koli ai i nā kukui, e puhi ʻo ia i ka mea ʻala ma luna o laila.“Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.
Puk 30:8A i ka wā e hoʻā ai ʻo ʻAʻarona i nā kukui i ke ahiahi, e puhi nō ʻo ia i ka mea ʻala ma luna o laila, he mea ʻala hoʻomau no ko ʻoukou mau hanauna a pau.He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the Lord for the generations to come.
Puk 37:20ʻEhā nō ipu ma ke kumu kukui, ua hana ʻia e like me nā ʻalemona, ʻo kona mau puʻupuʻu, a me kona mau pua.And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
Puk 37:23A hana nō hoʻi ʻo ia i kona mau ipu ʻaila ʻehiku, a me kona mau ʻūpā ahi, a me kona mau ʻūpā koli kukui, he gula maikaʻi.They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
Puk 40:25A hoʻā ihola ʻo ia i nā kukui i mua o Iēhova; e like me kā Iēhova i kauoha mai ai iā Mose.and set up the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord commanded him.
ʻOihk 24:4E hoʻoponopono mau ʻo ia i nā kukui ma luna o ka ipukukui maʻemaʻe i mua o Iēhova.The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord must be tended continually.
Nāh 4:9A e lawe lākou i lole uliuli, a e hoʻouhi i ke kumu kukui mālamalama, a me nā ipukukui ona, a me nā ʻūpā koli ona, a me nā ipu ʻūpā koli, a me kona mau ipu ʻaila a pau, nā mea a lākou e lawelawe ai no ia mea.“They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand that is for light, together with its lamps, its wick trimmers and trays, and all its jars for the olive oil used to supply it.
Nāh 8:2E ʻōlelo aku ʻoe iā ʻAʻarona, a e ʻī aku iā ia, penei, I ka manawa e kuni ai ʻoe i nā kukui, e hoʻomālamalama nā ipu ʻehiku i mua o ka ipukukui.“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’”
Nāh 8:3Pēlā nō ʻo ʻAʻarona i hana ai; kuni ihola ia i kona mau kukui i mua o ka ipukukui, e like me kā Iēhova i kauoha mai ai iā Mose.Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
1-Sam 3:3Ma mua o ke pio ʻana o ke kukui o ke Akua ma ka halelewa o Iēhova, kahi i waiho ai ka pahu o ke Akua, a ua moe iho ʻo Samuʻela;The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
2-Sam 21:17Kōkua maila ʻo ʻAbisai ke keiki a Zeruia iā ia, hahau akula ia i ke kanaka no Pilisetia, a pepehi ihola iā ia. A laila pāpā maila nā kānaka iā Dāvida, ʻī maila, Mai hele hou aku ʻoe me mākou i ke kaua, i kinai ʻole iho ai ʻoe i ke kukui no ka ʻIseraʻela.But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, "Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel will not be extinguished."
2-Sam 22:29No ka mea, ʻo ʻoe nō koʻu kukui, e Iēhova: A e hoʻomālamalama mai nō ʻo Iēhova i koʻu pouli.You are my lamp, O LORD; the LORD turns my darkness into light.
1-Nāal 7:50A me nā bola, a me nā ʻupā kukui, a me nā pā ipu, a me nā puna, a me nā kapuahi, he gula maʻemaʻe; a me nā ʻami no nā pani o ka hale ma loko, kahi hoʻāno loa, a no nā pani o ka hale o ka luakini, he gula nō.the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
1-Nāal 11:36A i kāna keiki, hoʻokahi ʻohana kaʻu e hāʻawi aku ai, i mau ai ke kukui no Dāvida kaʻu kauā, i mua o koʻu alo ma Ierusalema, ke kūlanakauhale aʻu i koho ai noʻu e waiho ai i koʻu inoa ma laila.I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.
1-Nāal 15:4Akā, no Dāvida, hāʻawi mai ʻo Iēhova kona Akua i kukui iā ia ma Ierusalema, e hoʻokū i kāna keiki ma hope ona, a e hoʻokūpaʻa iā Ierusalema.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.
2-Nāal 12:13ʻAʻole naʻe i hana ʻia no ka hale o Iēhova nā kīʻaha kālā, nā ʻūpa koli kukui, nā kīʻaha, nā pū, a me kekahi kīʻaha gula, a me nā kīʻaha kālā, no ke kālā i lawe ʻia mai i ka hale o Iēhova.The money brought into the temple was not spent for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets or any other articles of gold or silver for the temple of the LORD;
2-Nāal 25:14A ʻo nā ipu hao, a me nā mea kope ahi, a me nā ʻūpā koli kukui, a me nā puna, a me nā ipu keleawe a pau, nā mea a nā kāhuna i lawelawe ai, ʻo ia kā lākou i lawe akula.They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service.
1-ʻOihn 28:15I ka mea i kaupaona ʻia no nā waihona kukui gula, a me nā ipu kukui gula o lākou; ma ke kaupaona no nā waihona kukui a pau, a no nā ipukukui o lākou: a no nā waihona kukui kālā ma ke kaupaona: no ka waihona kukui, a no nā ipu kukui ona, e like me ke ʻano o kēlā a me kēia waihona kukui.the weight of gold for the gold lampstands and their lamps, with the weight for each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;
2-ʻOihn 4:21ʻO nā pua a me nā kukui, a me nā ʻūpā ahi, he gula nō ia, a he gula maʻemaʻe wale nō;the gold floral work and lamps and tongs (they were solid gold);
2-ʻOihn 4:22A ʻo nā ʻūpā kukui, a me nā ipu, a me nā puna, a me nā ipu kukuni ahi, he gula maʻemaʻe; a ʻo ka puka komo o ka hale, a me nā puka komo i loko o kahi hoʻāno loa, a me nā pani hale o ka luakini, he gula nō ia.the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.
2-ʻOihn 21:7Akā, ʻaʻole i makemake ʻo Iēhova e hoʻopau i ko ka hale o Dāvida no ka berita āna i hana ai me Dāvida, i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana e hāʻawi mai nona i kukui, a no kāna poʻe mamo i nā lā a pau.Nevertheless, because of the covenant the LORD had made with David, the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David. He had promised to maintain a lamp for him and his descendants forever.
2-ʻOihn 29:7A ua pani lākou i nā puka o ka lānai, ua kinai i nā kukui, ʻaʻole lākou i kuni i ka mea ʻala, ʻaʻole hoʻi i mōhai aku lākou i kekahi mōhai ma kahi hoʻāno o ke Akua o ka ʻIseraʻela.They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel.
Ioba 18:6ʻO ka mālamalama he pouli ia i loko o kona halelewa, A ʻo kona kukui me ia, e pio nō ia.The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.
Ioba 21:17He pinepine i pio ai ke kukui o ka poʻe hewa, A e hiki koke mai hoʻi ko lākou make ma luna o lākou, A ua hoʻoili mai ia i nā ʻeha ma kona inaina."Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?
Ioba 29:3I ka wā i lilelile ai kona kukui ma luna o kuʻu poʻo, A ma kona mālamalama hele nō au ma waena o ka pouli!when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
Hal 18:28No ka mea, e kuni nō ʻoe i koʻu kukui, E hoʻomālamalama mai nō ʻo Iēhova ʻo koʻu Akua i koʻu pouli.You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
Hal 119:105He kukui nō kāu ʻōlelo no koʻu mau wāwae, A he mālamalama hoʻi ia ma koʻu alanui.Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Sol 6:23No ka mea, he kukui ke kauoha, He mālamalama ke kānāwai, ʻO ka ʻaoʻao o ke ola ʻo ia ke aʻo ʻana e naʻauao ai:For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,
Sol 13:9ʻO ka mālamalama o ka poʻe pono, he mea hoʻohauʻoli ia; ʻO ke kukui o ka poʻe hewa, e pio auaneʻi ia.The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
Sol 20:20ʻO ka mea hāʻiliʻili aku i kona makua kāne a me kona makuahine, E pio kona kukui i ke ʻōnohi o ka pouli.If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
Sol 20:27ʻO ke kukui o Iēhova, ʻo ka hanu ia o ke kanaka, E komo ana ma nā wahi a pau o ka ʻōpū.The lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of a man; it searches out his inmost being.
Sol 24:20No ka mea, ʻaʻohe uku maikaʻi no ka mea hewa; ʻO ke kukui o ka poʻe hewa, e pio ana nō ia.for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Sol 31:18Hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i kona waiwai i maikaʻi ia; ʻAʻole i pio kona kukui i ka pō.She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.
Ier 25:10A e lawe nō wau, mai o lākou aku, i ka leo o ka ʻoliʻoli, a me ka leo o ka hauʻoli, i ka leo o ke kāne mare, a me ka leo o ka wahine mare, i ke kani ʻana o nā pōhaku kaʻa palaoa, a me ka mālamalama o ke kukui.I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.
Ier 52:18A lawe aku nō hoʻi lākou i nā ipu wai nui, a me nā kope lehu, a me nā ʻūpā kukui, a me nā pā ipu a me nā puna a me nā ipu keleawe a pau, nā mea lawelawe o lākou.They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service.
Dan 10:6ʻO kona kino ua like ia me ka berulo, a ʻo kona helehelena maka ua like ia me ka uila, ʻo kona mau maka ua like ia me nā kukui ahi, ʻo kona mau lima a me nā wāwae ua like me ke keleawe melemele i ʻānai ʻia, a ʻo ka leo o kāna ʻōlelo ʻana ua like ia me ka leo o ka lehulehu.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.
Zep 1:12Ia manawa nō, e huli iho nō wau iā Ierusalema me nā kukui, A e hoʻopaʻi i ka poʻe e noho paʻakikī ana ma luna o ko lākou mākū; E ʻōlelo ana i loko o ko lākou naʻau, ʻAʻole e hana mai ana ʻo Iēhova i ka maikaʻi, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hana ia i ka ʻino.At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who are like wine left on its dregs, who think, 'The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.'
Zek 4:2Nīnau maila ia iaʻu, He aha kāu mea e ʻike nei? ʻĪ akula au, Ua nānā aku au, aia hoʻi, he ipukukui gula ʻokoʻa, a ma luna o kona wēlau he ipu ʻaila, a ma luna iho o laila nā kukui ʻehiku a me nā ʻohe ʻehiku no ua mau kukui ʻehiku lā e kau ana ma luna o kona wēlau.He asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lights on it, with seven channels to the lights.

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