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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 who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:23 - but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:12 - while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:30 - And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their 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 all the 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 had come, there was 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 give light to those who sit 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 - Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:53 - When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on 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 - It was now about the sixth hour, and there was 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 the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:20 - the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and manifest day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 - And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him and he went about seeking people to 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 forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:19 - and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:12 - the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6 - For it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:11 - Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:12 - For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:13 - He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - But you are not in darkness, brethren, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:5 - For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:18 - For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:17 - These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6 - If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:13 - wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
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