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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 upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:23 - “But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:12 - “But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - “Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and[fn] cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:30 - ‘And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 - Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:33 - Now 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 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 take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:53 - “When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize 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 - Now it was[fn] about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - “And this is the condemnation, 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 coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 - “And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.” And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone 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, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance 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 are confident that you yourself 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 spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6 - For it is the God who commanded light to 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 Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8 - For you were once 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 - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:12 - For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[fn] against 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 power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:5 - You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:18 - For you have not come to the mountain that[fn] may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness[fn] and tempest,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises 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 wells without water, clouds[fn] carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6 - If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:13 - raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
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