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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)
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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:423,1049

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).

  1. darkness

  2. the darkness due to want of light

  3. 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).
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 - So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:5 - And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17 - got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum. (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:46 - I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:5 - Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:9 - The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11 - But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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