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Lexicon :: Strong's G4655 - skotos

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σκότος
Transliteration
skotos (Key)
Pronunciation
skot'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of σκιά (G4639)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:423,1049

Trench's Synonyms: c. σκότος, γνόφος, ζόφος, ἀχλύς.

Strong’s Definitions

σκότος skótos, skot'-os; from the base of G4639; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively):—darkness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's G4655 in the following manner: darkness (32x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's G4655 in the following manner: darkness (32x).

  1. darkness

    1. of night darkness

    2. of darkened eyesight or blindness

  2. metaph.

    1. of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell

    2. persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκότος skótos, skot'-os; from the base of G4639; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively):—darkness.
STRONGS G4655:
σκότος, σκότου, σκοτου, ὁ (cf. σκοτία, at the beginning), from Homer down, darkness: Hebrews 12:18 Rec. (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 158; Winer's Grammar, 66 (64); B 22 (20)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hebrews
12:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4655 matches the Greek σκότος (skotos),
which occurs 31 times in 30 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 -

THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING (living) IN [spiritual] DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT,

AND FOR THOSE WHO WERE SITTING (living) IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF [spiritual and moral] DEATH,

UPON THEM A LIGHT HAS DAWNED.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:23 - “But if your eye is bad [spiritually blind], your whole body will be full of darkness [devoid of God’s precepts]. So if the [very] light inside you [your inner self, your heart, your conscience] is darkness, how great and terrible is that darkness!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:12 - while the sons and heirs of the kingdom [the descendants of Abraham who will not recognize Me as Messiah] will be thrown out into the outer darkness; in that place [which is farthest removed from the kingdom] there will be weeping [in sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [in distress and anger].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - “Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the darkness outside; in that place there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:30 - “And throw out the worthless servant into the outer darkness; in that place [of grief and torment] there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 -

Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:33 -

When the sixth hour (noon) came, darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:79

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:79 -

TO SHINE UPON THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH,

To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:35 - “Be careful, therefore, that the light that is in you is not darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:53 - “Day after day when I was with you in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power and authority of darkness are yours.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 -

It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - “This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the [fn]darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:20 -

‘THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS

AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD,

BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD COMES.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 - “[fn]Now, watch! The hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, [so blind that you will be] unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he groped around, seeking people to lead him by the hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18 - to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:19 - and [if you] are confident that you are a [qualified] guide to the blind [those untaught in theology], a light to those who are in darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:12 - The night [this present evil age] is almost gone and the day [of Christ’s return] is almost here. So let us fling away the works of darkness and put on the [full] armor of light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - So do not go on passing judgment before the appointed time, but wait until the Lord comes, for He will both bring to light the [secret] things that are hidden in darkness and disclose the motives of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6 - For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give us the Light of the knowledge of the glory and majesty of God [clearly revealed] in the face of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 -

Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8 - For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:11 - Do not participate in the worthless and unproductive deeds of darkness, but instead expose them [by exemplifying personal integrity, moral courage, and godly character];

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:12 - For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:13 - For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - But you, [fn]believers, [all you who believe in Christ as Savior and acknowledge Him as God’s Son] are not in spiritual darkness [nor held by its power], that the day [of judgment] would overtake you [by surprise] like a thief;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:5 - for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We do not belong to the night nor to darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 -

But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A CONSECRATED NATION, A [special] PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:17 -

These [false teachers] are springs without water and mists driven by a tempest, for whom is reserved the gloom of black darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6 - If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness [of sin], we lie and do not practice the truth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:13 - wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.
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