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Lexicon :: Strong's G2217 - zophos

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ζόφος
Transliteration
zophos (Key)
Pronunciation
dzof'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Akin to the base of νέφος (G3509)
mGNT
5x in 4 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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

Strong’s Definitions

ζόφος zóphos, dzof'-os; akin to the base of G3509; gloom (as shrouding like a cloud):—blackness, darkness, mist.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2217 in the following manner: darkness (2x), mist (1x), blackness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2217 in the following manner: darkness (2x), mist (1x), blackness (1x).

  1. darkness, blackness

    1. used of the darkness of the nether world

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζόφος zóphos, dzof'-os; akin to the base of G3509; gloom (as shrouding like a cloud):—blackness, darkness, mist.
STRONGS G2217:
ζόφος, -ου, ὁ, (akin to γνόφος, δνόφος, νέφος, κνέφας, see Bttm. Lexil. 2, p. 266 [Fishlake's translation, p. 378]; cf. Curtius, p. 706), darkness, blackness: Hebrews 12:18 L T Tr WH; as in Homer Iliad 15, 191; 21, 56, etc., used of the darkness of the nether world (cf. Grimm on Wis. 17:14), 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6; ζόφος τοῦ σκότους (cf. חֹשֶׁךְ־אֲפֵלָה, Exodus 10:22), the blackness of (i. e. the densest) darkness, 2 Peter 2:17; Jude 1:13. [Cf. Trench, § c.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
10:22
Hebrews
12:18
2 Peter
2:4; 2:17
Jude
1:6; 1:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2217 matches the Greek ζόφος (zophos),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:4 - For if God spared not the angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness to be kept for judgment;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:17 - These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:6 - And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to the judgment of the great day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:13 - raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.
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