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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 that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:23 - but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that is in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:12 - but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - 'Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:30 - and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 - And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:33 - And the sixth hour having come, darkness came over the whole land till the ninth hour,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:79

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:79 - To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:35 - take heed, then, lest the light that is in thee be darkness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:53 - while daily I was with you in the temple, ye did stretch forth no hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of the darkness.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 - And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till 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 hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the 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 turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord -- the great and illustrious;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 - and now, lo, a hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some 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, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that is toward 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 blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:12 - the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6 - because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening 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 - Become not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking is there to righteousness and lawlessness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:11 - and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:12 - because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:13 - who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate us into the reign of the Son of His love,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:5 - 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 came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:17 - These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6 - if we may say -- 'we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:13 - wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.
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