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Lexicon :: Strong's G4653 - skotia

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σκοτία
Transliteration
skotia (Key)
Pronunciation
skot-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:423,1049

Strong’s Definitions

σκοτία skotía, skot-ee'-ah; from G4655; dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively):—dark(-ness).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G4653 in the following manner: darkness (14x), dark (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G4653 in the following manner: darkness (14x), dark (2x).
  1. darkness

  2. the darkness due to want of light

  3. metaph. used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery in hell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκοτία skotía, skot-ee'-ah; from G4655; dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively):—dark(-ness).
STRONGS G4653:
σκοτία, σκοτίας, (on its derivation cf. σκηνή), (Thomas Magister, σκότος καί τό σκότος. τό δέ σκοτία οὐκ ἐν χρησει namely, in Attic (cf. Moeris, under the word; Liddell and Scott, under the word σκότος, at the end)), darkness: properly, the darkness due to want of daylight, John 6:17; John 20:1; ἐν τῇ σκοτία (λαλεῖν τί), unseen, in secret (equivalent to ἐν κρύπτω, John 18:20), privily, in private, opposed to ἐν τῷ φωτί, Matthew 10:27; Luke 12:3; metaphorically, used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery: Matthew 4:16 L Tr WH; John 1:5; John 6:17; John 8:12; John 12:35, 46; 1 John 1:5; 1 John 2:8f, 11. (Ap. Rh. 4, 1698; Anth. 8, 187. 190; for חָשְׁכָה Micah 3:6; for אֹפֶל, Job 28:3.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
28:3
Micah
3:6
Matthew
4:16; 10:27
Luke
12:3
John
1:5; 6:17; 6:17; 8:12; 12:35; 12:46; 18:20; 20:1
1 John
1:5; 2:8; 2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4653 matches the Greek σκοτία (skotia),
which occurs 16 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ G4653 εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί καὶ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 - ἀνθ ὧν ὅσα ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ G4653 εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτὶ ἀκουσθήσεται καὶ πρὸς τὸ οὖς ἐλαλήσατε ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις κηρυχθήσεται ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:5 - καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ G4653 φαίνει καὶ σκοτία G4653 αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17 - καὶ ἐμβάντες εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἤρχοντο πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς Καπερναούμ καὶ σκοτία G4653 ἤδη ἐγεγόνει καὶ οὐκ ἐληλύθει πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - Πάλιν οὖν Ἰησοῦς αὐτοῖς ἐλάλησεν λέγων, Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· ἀκολουθῶν ἐμοὶ οὐ μὴ περιπατήσει ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ G4653 ἀλλ᾽ ἕξει τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς Ἔτι μικρὸν χρόνον τὸ φῶς μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν ἐστιν περιπατεῖτε ἕως τὸ φῶς ἔχετε ἵνα μὴ σκοτία G4653 ὑμᾶς καταλάβῃ· καὶ περιπατῶν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ G4653 οὐκ οἶδεν ποῦ ὑπάγει
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:46 - ἐγὼ φῶς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐλήλυθα ἵνα πᾶς πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ G4653 μὴ μείνῃ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων Μαρία Μαγδαληνὴ ἔρχεται πρωῒ σκοτίας G4653 ἔτι οὔσης εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ βλέπει τὸν λίθον ἠρμένον ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:5 - Καὶ αὕτη ἔστιν ἐπαγγελία ἣν ἀκηκόαμεν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν ὅτι θεὸς φῶς ἐστιν καὶ σκοτία G4653 ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδεμία
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - πάλιν ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ὅτι σκοτία G4653 παράγεται καὶ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη φαίνει
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:9 - λέγων ἐν τῷ φωτὶ εἶναι καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ μισῶν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ G4653 ἐστὶν ἕως ἄρτι
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11 - δὲ μισῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ G4653 ἐστὶν καὶ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ G4653 περιπατεῖ καὶ οὐκ οἶδεν ποῦ ὑπάγει ὅτι σκοτία G4653 ἐτύφλωσεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ
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