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Lexicon :: Strong's G4653 - skotia

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σκοτία

Transliteration

skotia (Key)

Pronunciation

skot-ee'-ah

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Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From σκότος (G4655)

Greek Inflections of σκοτία [?]

mGNT
16x in 3 unique form(s) TR
16x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 2 unique form(s)

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TDNT Reference: 7:423,1049

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

σκοτία skotía, skot-ee'-ah; from G4655; dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively):—dark(-ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G4653 in the following manner: darkness (14x), dark (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G4653 in the following manner: darkness (14x), dark (2x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

σκοτία skotía, skot-ee'-ah; from G4655; dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively):—dark(-ness).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G4653:

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.)

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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job: 28:3
Micah: 3:6
Matthew: 4:16; 10:27
Luke: 12:3
John: 1:5; 6:17; 6:17; 8:12; 12:35; 12:46; 18:20; 20:1
1 John: 1:5; 2:8; 2:11

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Strong's Number G4653 matches the Greek σκοτία (skotia),
which occurs 16 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Mat 10:27 - ὃ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ^G4653 εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί καὶ ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων

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Luk 12:3 - ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ὅσα ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ^G4653 εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτὶ ἀκουσθήσεται καὶ ὃ πρὸς τὸ οὖς ἐλαλήσατε ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις κηρυχθήσεται ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων

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Jhn 1:5 - καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ^G4653 φαίνει καὶ ἡ σκοτία^G4653 αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν

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Jhn 6:17 - καὶ ἐμβάντες εἰς πλοῖον ἤρχοντο πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς Καφαρναούμ καὶ σκοτία^G4653 ἤδη ἐγεγόνει καὶ οὔπω ἐληλύθει πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς

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Jhn 8:12 - πάλιν οὖν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγων ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου ὁ ἀκολουθῶν ἐμοὶ οὐ μὴ περιπατήσῃ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ^G4653 ἀλλ᾽ ἕξει τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς

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Jhn 12:35 - εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἔτι μικρὸν χρόνον τὸ φῶς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐστιν περιπατεῖτε ὡς τὸ φῶς ἔχετε ἵνα μὴ σκοτία^G4653 ὑμᾶς καταλάβῃ καὶ ὁ περιπατῶν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ^G4653 οὐκ οἶδεν ποῦ ὑπάγει

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Jhn 12:46 - ἐγὼ φῶς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐλήλυθα ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ^G4653 μὴ μείνῃ

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Jhn 20:1 - τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἔρχεται πρωῒ σκοτίας^G4653 ἔτι οὔσης εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ βλέπει τὸν λίθον ἠρμένον ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου

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1Jo 1:5 - καὶ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ ἀγγελία ἣν ἀκηκόαμεν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς φῶς ἐστιν καὶ σκοτία^G4653 ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδεμία

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1Jo 2:8 - πάλιν ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν ὅ ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ὅτι ἡ σκοτία^G4653 παράγεται καὶ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη φαίνει

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1Jo 2:9 - ὁ λέγων ἐν τῷ φωτὶ εἶναι καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ μισῶν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ^G4653 ἐστὶν ἕως ἄρτι

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:11

1Jo 2:11 - ὁ δὲ μισῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ^G4653 ἐστὶν καὶ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ^G4653 περιπατεῖ καὶ οὐκ οἶδεν ποῦ ὑπάγει ὅτι ἡ σκοτία^G4653 ἐτύφλωσεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ

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