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Lexicon :: Strong's G2217 - zophos

Aa
ζόφος
Transliteration
zophos (Key)
Pronunciation
dzof'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Akin to the base of νέφος (G3509)
mGNT
5x in 4 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Trench's Synonyms: c. σκότος, γνόφος, ζόφος, ἀχλύς.

Strong’s Definitions

ζόφος zóphos, dzof'-os; akin to the base of G3509; gloom (as shrouding like a cloud):—blackness, darkness, mist.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2217 in the following manner: darkness (2x), mist (1x), blackness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2217 in the following manner: darkness (2x), mist (1x), blackness (1x).

  1. darkness, blackness

    1. used of the darkness of the nether world

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζόφος zóphos, dzof'-os; akin to the base of G3509; gloom (as shrouding like a cloud):—blackness, darkness, mist.
STRONGS G2217:
ζόφος, -ου, ὁ, (akin to γνόφος, δνόφος, νέφος, κνέφας, see Bttm. Lexil. 2, p. 266 [Fishlake's translation, p. 378]; cf. Curtius, p. 706), darkness, blackness: Hebrews 12:18 L T Tr WH; as in Homer Iliad 15, 191; 21, 56, etc., used of the darkness of the nether world (cf. Grimm on Wis. 17:14), 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6; ζόφος τοῦ σκότους (cf. חֹשֶׁךְ־אֲפֵלָה, Exodus 10:22), the blackness of (i. e. the densest) darkness, 2 Peter 2:17; Jude 1:13. [Cf. Trench, § c.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
10:22
Hebrews
12:18
2 Peter
2:4; 2:17
Jude
1:6; 1:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2217 matches the Greek ζόφος (zophos),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:18 - You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:4 - For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:17 - These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:6 - And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:13 - Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.
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