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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 G3739 I tell G3004 you in the darkness G4653, tell G3004 in the light G5457; and what G3739 you hear G191 whispered in your ear G3775, proclaim G2784 on the housetops G1430 G1909.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 - “Accordingly G473 G3739, whatever G3745 you have said G3004 in the dark G4653 will be heard G191 in the light G5457, and what G3739 you have [fn]whispered G2980 G4314 G3775 in the inner G5009 rooms G5009 will be proclaimed G2784 on the housetops G1430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:5 - And the Light G5457 shines G5316 in the darkness G4653, and the darkness G4653 did not [fn]grasp G2638 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17 - and after getting G1684 into a boat G4143, they started to cross G2064 G4008 the sea G2281 to Capernaum G2584. It had already G2235 become G1096 dark G4653, and Jesus G2424 had not yet G3768 come G2064 to them.

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Then G3767 Jesus G2424 again G3825 spoke G2980 to them, saying G3004, “I am G1510 the Light G5457 of the world G2889; the one who follows G190 Me will not walk G4043 in the darkness G4653, but will have G2192 the Light G5457 of life G2222.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - So G3767 Jesus G2424 said G3004 to them, “For a little G3398 while G5550 longer G2089 the Light G5457 is among G1722 you. Walk G4043 while G5613 you have G2192 the Light G5457, so G2443 that G2443 darkness G4653 will not overtake G2638 you; also G2532, the one who walks G4043 in the darkness G4653 does not know G6063 where G4226 he is going G5217.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:46 - “I have come G2064 as Light G5457 into the world G2889, so G2443 that G2443 no G3361 G3956 one G3956 who believes G4100 in Me will remain G3306 in darkness G4653.

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Now G1161 on the first G1520 day of the week G4521 Mary G3137 Magdalene G3094 *came G2064 early G4404 to the tomb G3419, while it was still G2089 dark G4653, and *saw G991 the stone G3037 already removed G142 from the tomb G3419.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:5 -

This G3778 is the message G31 we have heard G191 from Him and announce G312 to you, that God G2316 is Light G5457, and in Him there is no G3756 darkness G4653 at G3762 all G3762.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - [fn]On the other G3825 hand G3825, I am writing G1125 a new G2537 commandment G1785 to you, which G3739 is true G227 in Him and in you, because G3754 the darkness G4653 is passing G3855 away G3855 and the true G228 Light G5457 is already G2235 shining G5316.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:9 - The one who says G3004 that he is in the Light G5457 and yet hates G3404 his brother G80 or sister is in the darkness G4653 until G2193 now G737.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11 - But the one who hates G3404 his brother G80 or sister is in the darkness G4653 and walks G4043 in the darkness G4653, and does not know G6063 where G4226 he is going G5217 because G3754 the darkness G4653 has blinded G5186 his eyes G3788.
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