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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4656 - σκοτόω

Transliteration

skotóō

Phonetics

skot-o'-o

Origin

from (G4655)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

7:423,1049

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to darken, cover with darkness
metaph. to darken or blind the mind

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2821 ‑ חָשַׁךְ (khaw‑shak'); 6937 ‑ קָדַר (kaw‑dar'); 7835 ‑ שָׁחַר (shaw‑khar');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Revelation 1

NAS (3)

Ephesians 1

Revelation 2

HCS (3)

Ephesians 1

Revelation 2

BSB (3)

Ephesians 1

Revelation 2

ESV (1)

Revelation 1

WEB (1)

Revelation 1

KJV (1)

darkness 1

NAS (3)

darkened 3

HCS (3)

darkened 1

plunged into darkness 1

were darkened 1

BSB (3)

They are darkened 1

plunged into darkness 1

were darkened 1

ESV (1)

darkness 1

WEB (1)

darkened 1

RAH

V-API1S 1

V-API3P 1

V-API3S 1

V-APO3S 1

V-XPI3S 1

ANT

V-RPP-NSF 1

BEZ

V-RPP-NSF 1

BGB

V-AIP-3S 1

V-RPM/P-NFS 1

V-RPM/P-NMP 1

BMT

V-RPP-NSF 1

BYZ

V-RPP-NSF 1

ELZ

V-RPP-NSF 1

NA26

V-API-3S 1

V-XPPNPM 1

V-XPPNSF 1

SBL

V-3APIS 1

V-XPPNPM 1

V-XPPNSF 1

SCV

V-RPP-NSF 1

STV

V-RPP-NSF 1

TIS

V-API-3S 1

V-RPP-NPM 1

V-RPP-NSF 1

V-API-3S 1

V-RPP-NPM 1

V-RPP-NSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σκοτ-όω,

darken, blind, σκοτώσω βλέφαρα καὶ δεδορκότα S. Aj. 85; stupefy, Sor. 1.125 ( Act. and Pass. ); make dizzy, τὰς ὄψεις Ph.Byz. Mir. 2.5: metaph., Ep.Ephesians 4:18 : — Pass., to be in darkness, suffer from vertigo, like σκοτοδινιάω, Pl. R. 518a, Prt. 339e, Tht. 209e, Thphr. Vert. 7, Plb. 10.13.8; ἕλμινθες -ωθεῖσαι stupefied, Herod.Med. ap. Aët. 9.37, cf. Gal. 16.657.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σκοτόω, σκότῳ: passive, perfect participle ἐσκοτωμενος; 1 aorist ἐσκοτώθην; (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 171); (σκότος); to darken, cover with darkness: Revelation 9:2 L T WH; ; metaphorically, to darken or blind the mind: σκοτώμενοι τῇ διάνοια, Ephesians 4:18 L T Tr WH. ((Sophocles), Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, others; the Sept..)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σκοτόω , -ῶ

(< σκότος ),

[in LXX for H2821, H6937, H7835;]

to darken: Revelation 9:2; Revelation 16:10. Metaph., of the mind! pass., Ephesians 4:18 (cf. σκοτίζω ).†

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

";army,"; ";host"; : cf. P Bilabel 36.11 (time of Trajan) ἐὰν ἱκανὴ ἀνάβασις γένηται στρα [τιᾶς ], μεθίστ [αν ]τ ̣αι καὶ βασιλικοὶ γ [εωργοί κτλ., and the fragmentary Preisigke 1481.8 (ii/A.D.) ].ρατια εἶναι, which may represent ἐν σ ]τρατιᾷ εἶναι. See also s.v. στρατεία.

List of Word Forms

εσκοτωθη εσκοτώθη ἐσκοτώθη εσκοτώθην εσκοτώθησαν εσκοτωμενη εσκοτωμένη ἐσκοτωμένη εσκοτωμενοι ἐσκοτωμένοι εσκότωται σκοτωθείη eskotomene eskotoméne eskotōmenē eskotōménē eskotomenoi eskotoménoi eskotōmenoi eskotōménoi eskotothe eskotōthē eskotṓthe eskotṓthē