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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, (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)).
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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 97 times in 90 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 1:2–Psa 107:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22 - These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9 - He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5 - And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15 - Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6 - Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:5 - Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:5 - They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 - Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:6 - Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

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