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Lexicon :: Strong's G4656 - skotoō

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σκοτόω
Transliteration
skotoō (Key)
Pronunciation
skot-o'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:423,1049

Strong’s Definitions

σκοτόω skotóō, skot-o'-o; from G4655; to obscure or blind (literally or figuratively):—be full of darkness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4656 in the following manner: full of darkness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4656 in the following manner: full of darkness (1x).

  1. to darken, cover with darkness

  2. metaph. to darken or blind the mind

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκοτόω skotóō, skot-o'-o; from G4655; to obscure or blind (literally or figuratively):—be full of darkness.
STRONGS G4656:
σκοτόω, σκότῳ: passive, perfect participle ἐσκοτωμενος; 1 aorist ἐσκοτώθην; (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 171); (σκότος); to darken, cover with darkness: Revelation 9:2 L T WH; Rev. 16:10; metaphorically, to darken or blind the mind: σκοτώμενοι τῇ διάνοια, Ephesians 4:18 L T Tr WH. ((Sophocles), Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, others; the Sept..)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ephesians
4:18
Revelation
9:2; 16:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4656 matches the Greek σκοτόω (skotoō),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light, but have none,
nor see the eyelids of the morning,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:30 - My skin turns black and falls from me,
and my bones burn with heat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:21 - For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded;
I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - “Judah mourns,
and her gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
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