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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 32 times in 31 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 -
The people that sat in darkness
Saw a great light,
And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death,
To them did light spring up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:23 - But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:12 - but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:30 - And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 - Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:33 - And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:79

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:79 -
To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death;
To guide our feet into the way of peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:35 - Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:53 - When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 - And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works 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 day of the Lord come,
That great and notable day:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 - And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18 - to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:19 - and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:12 - The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6 - Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8 - For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:11 - and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:12 - For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:13 - who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:5 - for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:18 - For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:17 - These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

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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 walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:13 - wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.
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