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Lexicon :: Strong's G4653 - skotia

Strong's

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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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 TR Greek.

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Mat 10:27 - Lo que os digo en tinieblas, decidlo en la luz; y lo que oís al oído predicadlo desde los terrados.

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Luc 12:3 - Por tanto, las cosas que dijisteis en tinieblas, á la luz serán oídas; y lo que hablasteis al oído en las cámaras, será pregonado en los terrados.

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Juan 1:5 - Y la luz en las tinieblas resplandece; mas las tinieblas no la comprendieron.

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Juan 6:17 - Y entrando en un barco, venían de la otra parte de la mar hacia Capernaum. Y era ya oscuro, y Jesús no había venido á ellos.

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Juan 8:12 - Y hablóles Jesús otra vez, diciendo: Yo soy la luz del mundo: el que me sigue, no andará en tinieblas, mas tendrá la lumbre de la vida.

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Unchecked Copy Box Juan 12:35

Juan 12:35 - Entonces Jesús les dice: Aun por un poco estará la luz entre vosotros: andad entre tanto que tenéis luz, porque no os sorprendan las tinieblas; porque el que anda en tinieblas, no sabe dónde va.

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Juan 12:46 - Yo la luz he venido al mundo, para que todo aquel que cree en mí no permanezca en tinieblas.

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Juan 20:1 - Y EL primer día de la semana, María Magdalena vino de mañana, siendo aún obscuro, al sepulcro; y vió la piedra quitada del sepulcro.

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1Jn 1:5 - Y este es el mensaje que oímos de él, y os anunciamos: Que Dios es luz, y en él no hay ningunas tinieblas.

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1Jn 2:8 - Otra vez os escribo un mandamiento nuevo, que es verdadero en él y en vosotros; porque las tinieblas son pasadas, y la verdadera luz ya alumbra.

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1Jn 2:9 - El que dice que está en luz, y aborrece á su hermano, el tal aun está en tinieblas todavía.

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1Jn 2:11 - Mas el que aborrece á su hermano, está en tinieblas, y anda en tinieblas, y no sabe á donde va; porque las tinieblas le han cegado los ojos.

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