Strong G2217ζόφος
darkness
- Transliteration
- zophos
- Pronunciation
- dzof'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Akin to the base of G3509; gloom (as shrouding like a cloud): - blackness darkness mist.
Detailed definition
ζόφος, -ου, ὁ
(akin to γνόφος, which see), [in Sm.: Exo.10:22, Job.28:3, Psa.11:2 91:6, Isa.59:9 *;]
in Hom, the gloom of the under-world; hence, darkness, deep gloom (poët. and late prose writers): Heb.12:18, 2Pe.2:4 2:17, Ju 6 13.†
ὁμίχλη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX for עֲרָפֶל, etc.;]
a mist: 2Pe.2:17
SYN.: νέφος, νεφέλη, both thicker than ὁ (AS)
(akin to γνόφος, which see), [in Sm.: Exo.10:22, Job.28:3, Psa.11:2 91:6, Isa.59:9 *;]
in Hom, the gloom of the under-world; hence, darkness, deep gloom (poët. and late prose writers): Heb.12:18, 2Pe.2:4 2:17, Ju 6 13.†
ὁμίχλη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX for עֲרָפֶל, etc.;]
a mist: 2Pe.2:17
SYN.: νέφος, νεφέλη, both thicker than ὁ (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2217 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- darkness2
- blackness1
- mist1
First verses
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- 2 Peter 2:17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
- Jude 1:6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
- Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ζόφος, ὁ,
nether darkness, ἱεμένων Ἔρεβόσδε ὑπὸ ζόφον [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.356, compare 11.155, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.56, NT.Jude.6)]; Ἀΐδης δ᾽ ἔλαχε ζόφον ἠερόεντα obtained the realms of gloom for his share, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.191, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.57, “hymnus ad Cererem” 402, 446, etc.; γῆς ὑπὸ ζόφον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 839.)]
2 generally, gloom, darkness, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 227, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.20.7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 400a8, NT.Heb.12.18, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 28, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 15.2)]; χειμέριος ζ. the gloom of winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).18: _metaphorically_, τῆς ψυχῆς.. ζ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.48c.)]
II the dark quarter, i.e. the West, ἤδη γὰρ φάος οἴχεθ᾽ ὑπὸ ζόφον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.335; οὐ γὰρ ἴδμεν ὅπῃ ζ. οὐδ᾽ ὅπῃ ἠώς 10.190)]; ποτὶ ζόφον, opposed to πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.240, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.241, 9.26)] (the North accusative to [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.2.12))]; Γαδείρων τὸ πρὸς ζόφον to the west of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.69.)] —poetical and later Prose. (Prob. _cognate_ with ζέφυρος.)
nether darkness, ἱεμένων Ἔρεβόσδε ὑπὸ ζόφον [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.356, compare 11.155, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.56, NT.Jude.6)]; Ἀΐδης δ᾽ ἔλαχε ζόφον ἠερόεντα obtained the realms of gloom for his share, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.191, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.57, “hymnus ad Cererem” 402, 446, etc.; γῆς ὑπὸ ζόφον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 839.)]
2 generally, gloom, darkness, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 227, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.20.7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 400a8, NT.Heb.12.18, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 28, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 15.2)]; χειμέριος ζ. the gloom of winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).18: _metaphorically_, τῆς ψυχῆς.. ζ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.48c.)]
II the dark quarter, i.e. the West, ἤδη γὰρ φάος οἴχεθ᾽ ὑπὸ ζόφον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.335; οὐ γὰρ ἴδμεν ὅπῃ ζ. οὐδ᾽ ὅπῃ ἠώς 10.190)]; ποτὶ ζόφον, opposed to πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.240, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.241, 9.26)] (the North accusative to [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.2.12))]; Γαδείρων τὸ πρὸς ζόφον to the west of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.69.)] —poetical and later Prose. (Prob. _cognate_ with ζέφυρος.)