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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 BoxGen 1:2 - Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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—the first day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain while it blazed with fire to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22 - These are the commandments the LORD proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9 - “Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - He made darkness his canopy around him— the dark[fn] rain clouds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5 - At dusk they got up and went to the camp of the Arameans. When they reached the edge of the camp, no one was there,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - So they got up and fled in the dusk and abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - That day—may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - That night—may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he keeps his face concealed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - Mortals put an end to the darkness; they search out the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:15 - Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - “What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6 - may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:5 - Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:5 - “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 - Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:6 - nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - He sent darkness and made the land dark— for had they not rebelled against his words?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains,

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