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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 97 times in 90 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 1:2–Psa 107:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - The earth was [fn]formless and void, and darkness was over the [fn]surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was [fn]moving over the [fn]surface of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - and [fn]to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud [fn]along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - “You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the very heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22 - “These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - and you will [fn]grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually, with none to save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “It came about when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9 - “Then he said to me, ‘Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my [fn]life still lingers in me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - “And He made darkness [fn]canopies around Him,
A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - “For You are my lamp, O LORD;
And the LORD illumines my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5 - They arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Arameans; when they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there was no one there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses and their donkeys, even the camp just as it was, and fled for their life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - “May that day be darkness;
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - “Let darkness and black gloom claim it;
Let a cloud settle on it;
Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - “As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - “By day they meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - The land of utter gloom as darkness itself,
Of deep shadow without order,
And which shines as the darkness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - “He reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings the deep darkness into light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - “They grope in darkness with no light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - “He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
And he is destined for the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - “He will not [fn]escape from darkness;
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - “They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - “The light in his tent is darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - “[fn]He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased from the inhabited world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - “He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put darkness on my paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,
And unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - Or darkness, so that you cannot see,
And an abundance of water covers you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - But I am not silenced by the darkness,
Nor deep gloom which covers me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - “The murderer arises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - “The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he [fn]disguises his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - “In the dark they dig into houses,
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - “He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters
At the boundary of light and darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - “Man puts an end to darkness,
And to the farthest limit he searches out
The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - When His lamp shone over my head,
And by His light I walked through darkness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15 - “Do you know how God establishes them,
And makes the [fn]lightning of His cloud to shine?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - “Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness His hiding place, His [fn]canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - For You light my lamp;
The LORD my God illumines my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6 - Let their way be dark and slippery,
With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:5 - Fear and trembling come upon me,
And [fn]horror has overwhelmed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:5 - They do not know nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 - Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness?
And Your [fn]righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:6 - Of the pestilence that [fn]stalks in darkness,
Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - You appoint darkness and it becomes night,
In which all the beasts of the forest [fn]prowl about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - He sent darkness and made it dark;
And they did not rebel against His words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Prisoners in [fn]misery and [fn]chains,

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