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Lexicon :: Strong's G4653 - skotia

Aa
σκοτία
Transliteration
skotia (Key)
Pronunciation
skot-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
16x in 3 unique form(s) TR
16x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 2 unique form(s)
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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, ἡ (on its derivation cf. σκηνή), (Thomas Magister, ὁ 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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 - So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:5 - And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17 - And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:46 - I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:5 - This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:9 - He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11 - But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.
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