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Lexicon :: Strong's G4655 - skotos

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σκότος
Transliteration
skotos (Key)
Pronunciation
skot'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of σκιά (G4639)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:423,1049

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

Strong’s Definitions

σκότος skótos, skot'-os; from the base of G4639; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively):—darkness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's G4655 in the following manner: darkness (32x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's G4655 in the following manner: darkness (32x).

  1. darkness

    1. of night darkness

    2. of darkened eyesight or blindness

  2. metaph.

    1. of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell

    2. persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκότος skótos, skot'-os; from the base of G4639; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively):—darkness.
STRONGS G4655:
σκότος, σκότου, σκοτου, ὁ (cf. σκοτία, at the beginning), from Homer down, darkness: Hebrews 12:18 Rec. (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 158; Winer's Grammar, 66 (64); B 22 (20)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hebrews
12:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4655 matches the Greek σκότος (skotos),
which occurs 32 times in 31 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 - -- the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in the country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:23 - but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:12 - but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:30 - And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 - Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:33 - And when the sixth hour was come, there came darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:79

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:79 - to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:35 - See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:53 - When I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 - And it was about the sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:20 - the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of the Lord come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 - And now behold, the Lord's hand is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18 - to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:19 - and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:12 - The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6 - Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8 - for ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord; walk as children of light,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:11 - and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:12 - because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against principalities, against authorities, against the universal lords of this darkness, against spiritual power of wickedness in the heavenlies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:13 - who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - But *ye*, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:5 - for all *ye* are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:18 - For ye have not come to the mount that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But *ye* are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;

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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 1Jo 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6 - If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.

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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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