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Lexicon :: Strong's G4654 - skotizō

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σκοτίζω
Transliteration
skotizō (Key)
Pronunciation
skot-id-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:423,1049

Strong’s Definitions

σκοτίζω skotízō, skot-id-zo; from G4655; to obscure (literally or figuratively):—darken.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G4654 in the following manner: darken (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G4654 in the following manner: darken (8x).

  1. to cover with darkness, to darken

  2. to be covered with darkness, be darkened

    1. of heavenly bodies as deprived of light

    2. metaph.

      1. of the eyes

      2. of the understanding

      3. of the mind

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκοτίζω skotízō, skot-id-zo; from G4655; to obscure (literally or figuratively):—darken.
STRONGS G4654:
σκοτίζω: passive, perfect participle ἐσκοτισμενος (Ephesians 4:18 R G); 1 aorist ἐσκοτίσθην; 1 future σκοτισθήσομαι; (σκότος); to cover with darkness, to darken; passive, to be covered with darkness, be darkened": properly, of the heavenly bodies, as deprived of light ((Ecclesiastes 12:2)), Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 23:45 (T WH ἐκλείπω (which see 2)); Revelation 8:12; Revelation 9:2 (L T WH σκοτόω, which see); metaphorically, of the eyes, viz. of the understanding, Romans 11:10; ἡ καρδία, the mind (see καρδία, 2 b. β.), Romans 1:21; men τῇ διάνοια, Ephesians 4:18 R G. (Plutarch (adv. Col. 24, 4; Cleomed. 81, 28); Tzetzes, hist. 8, 929; the Sept. several times for חָשַׁך; (Polybius 12, 15, 10; 3Macc. 4:10; Test xii. Patr., test. Rub. § 3; test. Levi § 14).)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ecclesiastes
12:2
Matthew
24:29
Mark
13:24
Luke
23:45
Romans
1:21; 11:10
Ephesians
4:18; 4:18
Revelation
8:12; 9:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4654 matches the Greek σκοτίζω (skotizō),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 - “Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:24 - “But in those days, following that distress, “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:21 - For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:10 - May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:12 - The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
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