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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that publish ye upon the house-tops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 - Therefore, whatever ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:5 - And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17 - And entered into a boat, and went over the sea towards Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:46 - I am come a light into the world, that whoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:5 - This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:9 - He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11 - But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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