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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)

From σκότος (G4655)

Greek Inflections of σκοτία [?]

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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TDNT Reference: 7:423,1049

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

darkness
the darkness due to want of light
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).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

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

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Mat 10:27 - 내가 너희에게 어두운데서 이르는 것을 광명한데서 말하며 너희가 귓속으로 듣는 것을 집 위에서 전파하라

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Luk 12:3 - 이러므로 너희가 어두운데서 말한 모든것이 광명한데서 들리고 너희가 골방에서 귀에 대고 말한 것이 집 위에서 전파되리라

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Jhn 1:5 - 빛이 어두움에 비취되 어두움이 깨닫지 못하더라

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Jhn 6:17 - 배를 타고 바다를 건너 가버나움으로 가는데 이미 어두웠고 예수는 아직 저희에게 오시지 아니하셨더니

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Jhn 8:12 - 예수께서 또 일러 가라사대 나는 세상의 빛이니 나를 따르는 자는 어두움에 다니지 아니하고 생명의 빛을 얻으리라

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Jhn 12:35 - 예수께서 가라사대 아직 잠시 동안 빛이 너희 중에 있으니 빛이 있을 동안에 다녀 어두움에 붙잡히지 않게 하라 어두움에 다니는자는 그 가는 바를 알지 못하느니라

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Jhn 12:46 - 나는 빛으로 세상에 왔나니 무릇 나를 믿는 자로 어두움에 거하 지 않게 하려 함이로라

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Jhn 20:1 - 안식 후 첫날 이른 아침 아직 어두울 때에 막달라 마리아가 무덤에 와서 돌이 무덤에서 옮겨간 것을 보고

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1Jo 1:5 - 우리가 저에게서 듣고 너희에게 전하는 소식이 이것이니 곧 하나님은 빛이시라 그에게는 어두움이 조금도 없으시니라

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1Jo 2:8 - 다시 내가 너희에게 새 계명을 쓰노니 저에게와 너희에게도 참된것이라 이는 어두움이 지나가고 참 빛이 벌써 비췸이니라

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1Jo 2:9 - 빛 가운데 있다 하며 그 형제를 미워하는 자는 지금까지 어두운 가운데 있는 자요

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1Jo 2:11 - 그의 형제를 미워하는 자는 어두운 가운데 있고 또 어두운 가운데 행하며 갈 곳을 알지 못하나니 이는 어두움이 그의 눈을 멀게 하였음이니라

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