Lectionary Calendar
Friday, May 10th, 2024
the Sixth Week after Easter
the Sixth Week after Easter
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Bible Lexicons
Berry's Synonyms of the New Testament Berry's NT Synonyms
Darkness
σκότος is a general word, meaning darkness in any sense. γνόφος usually refers to darkness that accompanies a storm. ζόφος meant originally the gloom of twilight. It was then applied in classical Greek to the darkness of the underworld, the gloom of a sunless region. The latter meaning seems to be practically the one which the word has in the N.T. ἀχλύς is specifically a misty darkness.