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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 97 times in 90 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 1:2–Psa 107:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light [fn]and the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand to heaven, and let there be darkness over the land of Egypt—darkness that may be felt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was [fn]darkness very black, even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - And it went between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and stood; and there was darkness and blackness; and the night passed, and they came not near to one another during the whole night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - And ye drew nigh and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: there was darkness, blackness, and tempest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22 - These words the Lord spoke to all the assembly of you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire—there was darkness, blackness, storm, a loud voice—and he added no more, and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and he gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - And thou shalt grope at mid-day, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - but when the gate was shut in the [fn]evening, the men went out; I know not whither they are gone: follow after them, if ye [fn]may overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9 - And he said to me, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and slay me, for a dreadful darkness has come upon me, for all my life is in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For thou, Lord, art my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5 - And they rose up [fn]while it was yet night, to go into the camp of Syria; and they came into a part of the camp of Syria, and behold, there [fn]was no man there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - And they arose and fled while it was yet dark, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses in the camp, [fn]as they were, and fled [fn]for their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above, neither let light come upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither can any one see the life of mortals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, and let them wander as a drunken man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - Let one drive him from light into darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered me before my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - and the eye of the adulterer has watched for the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone is darkness, and the shadow of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15 - We know that God has disposed his works, having made light out of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - (LXX 17:12) And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - (LXX 17:29) For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6 - (LXX 34:6) Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:5 - (LXX 54:6) Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:5 - (LXX 81:5) They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 - (LXX 87:13) Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:6 - (LXX 90:6) nor of the evil [fn]thing that walks in darkness; nor of calamity, and the evil spirit at noon-day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - (LXX 103:20) Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - (LXX 104:28) He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they [fn]rebelled against his words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - (LXX 106:10) even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron;

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