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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4653 - σκοτία

Transliteration

skotía

Phonetics

skot-ee'-ah

Origin

from (G4655)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

7:423,1049

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

darkness
the darkness due to want of light
metaph. used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery in hell

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 652 ‑ אֹפֶל (o'‑fel); 2821 ‑ חָשַׁךְ (khaw‑shak');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (16)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

John 8

1 John 6

NAS (17)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

John 8

1 John 6

HCS (16)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

John 8

1 John 6

BSB (17)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

John 8

1 John 6

ESV (14)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

John 6

1 John 6

WEB (16)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

John 8

1 John 6

KJV (16)

dark 2

darkness 14

NAS (17)

DARKNESS 1

dark 3

darkness 13

HCS (16)

dark 2

darkness 4

Darkness 1

dark 1

darkness 8

BSB (17)

dark 4

darkness 13

ESV (14)

dark 4

darkness 10

WEB (16)

dark 2

darkness 1

that darkness 1

the darkness 12

RAH

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 2

ANT

N-DSF 11

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 4

BEZ

N-DSF 9

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 6

BGB

N-DFS 10

N-GFS 1

N-NFS 6

BMT

N-DSF 9

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 6

BYZ

N-DSF 9

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 6

ELZ

N-DSF 7

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 8

NA26

N-DSF 9

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 6

SBL

N-DSF 10

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 6

SCV

N-DSF 7

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 8

STV

N-DSF 7

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 8

TIS

N-DSF 9

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 6

N-DSF 9

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 6

N-DSF 10

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 6

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σκοτί-α, ἡ, ( σκότος )

darkness, gloom, A.R. 4.1698, LXX ( Mi. 3.6, al.), NT ( Ev.Matthew 10:27, al.), cf. Moer. p.354 P.

II in Architecture, scotia, cavetto, a sunken moulding, so called from the dark shadow it casts, Vitr. 3.5.2, Hsch.

III Σκοτιά, epith. of Aphrodite in Egypt, Id.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σκοτία, σκοτίας, ἡ (on its derivation cf. σκηνή), (Thomas Magister, ὁ σκότος καί τό σκότος. τό δέ σκοτία οὐκ ἐν χρησει namely, in Attic (cf. Moeris, under the word; Liddell and Scott, under the word σκότος, at the end)), darkness: properly, the darkness due to want of daylight, John 6:17; John 20:1; ἐν τῇ σκοτία (λαλεῖν τί), unseen, in secret (equivalent to ἐν κρύπτω, John 18:20), privily, in private, opposed to ἐν τῷ φωτί, Matthew 10:27; Luke 12:3; metaphorically, used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery: Matthew 4:16 L Tr WH; John 1:5; John 6:17; John 8:12; John 12:35, 46; 1 John 1:5; 1 John 2:8f, 11. (Ap. Rh. 4, 1698; Anth. 8, 187. 190; for חָשְׁכָה Micah 3:6; for אֹפֶל, Job 28:3.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† σκοτία , -ας , ἡ ,

[in LXX: Job 28:3 (H652), Micah 3:6 (H2821), Isaiah 16:3 *;]

in late writers = σκότος ,

darkness: John 6:17; John 20:1. Metaph.,

(a) of secrecy (opp. to ἐν τ . φωτί ): Matthew 10:27, Luke 12:3;

(b) of spiritual darkness: Matthew 4:16, John 1:5; John 8:12; John 12:35; John 12:40, 1 John 1:5; 1 John 2:8-9; 1 John 2:11.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";a body of soldiers"; (Matthew 22:7, al.) : cf. BGU I. 266.19 (A.D. 215–16) εἰς τὰς ἐν Συρίᾳ κυρι [α ]κὰς ὑπηρεσίας τῶν γενναιοτάτω [ν ] στρατευμάτων, Ostr 1595.4 (A.D. 258) ὑπὲρ τιμ [ῆς ] ἐλαίου τῶν ἐνταῦθα στρατευμάτω ̣[ν, and Syll 350 (= .3768).6 (B.C. 31) αὐτὸς (Augustus) δὲ μετὰ τ [οῦ ] στρατεύματος ὑγίαινον. For an important discussion of Luke 23:11 σὺν τοῖς στρατεύμασιν = ";with his forces,"; see A. W. Verrall in JTS X. (1909), p. 340 f.

List of Word Forms

σκότει σκοτια σκοτία σκοτίᾳ σκοτιας σκοτίας skotei skótei skotia skotía skotíāi skotias skotías