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Lexicon :: Strong's G4655 - skotos

Aa
σκότος
Transliteration
skotos (Key)
Pronunciation
skot'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of σκιά (G4639)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:423,1049

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

Strong’s Definitions

σκότος skótos, skot'-os; from the base of G4639; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively):—darkness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's G4655 in the following manner: darkness (32x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's G4655 in the following manner: darkness (32x).

  1. darkness

    1. of night darkness

    2. of darkened eyesight or blindness

  2. metaph.

    1. of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell

    2. persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκότος skótos, skot'-os; from the base of G4639; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively):—darkness.
STRONGS G4655:
σκότος, σκότου, σκοτου, ὁ (cf. σκοτία, at the beginning), from Homer down, darkness: Hebrews 12:18 Rec. (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 158; Winer's Grammar, 66 (64); B 22 (20)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hebrews
12:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4655 matches the Greek σκότος (skotos),
which occurs 31 times in 30 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 - The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:23 - But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:12 - But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:30 - And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 - Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:33 - And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:79

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:79 - To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:35 - So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:53 - When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 - And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:20 - The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:11 - And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18 - To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:19 - In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:12 - The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6 - Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8 - For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:11 - And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:12 - For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:13 - Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:5 - For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

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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 Box1Jo 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6 - If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

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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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