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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 - that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 - because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, 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 in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17 - and having entered into the boat, they were going over the sea to Capernaum, and darkness had already come, and Jesus had not come unto them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:46 - I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:5 - And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:9 - he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11 - and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.
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