Strong G4652σκοτεινός
dark
- Transliteration
- skoteinos
- Pronunciation
- skot-i-nos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G4655; opaque that is (figuratively) benighted: - dark full of darkness.
Detailed definition
σκοτεινός (WH. -τινός), -ή, -όν
(σκότος), [in LXX chiefly for חֹשֶׁךְ and cogn. forms;]
dark: opposite to φωτεινός, Mat.6:23, Luk.11:34, 36.†
(AS)
(σκότος), [in LXX chiefly for חֹשֶׁךְ and cogn. forms;]
dark: opposite to φωτεινός, Mat.6:23, Luk.11:34, 36.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4652 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- darkness2
- dark1
First verses
- Matthew 6:23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Luke 11:34The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
- Luke 11:36If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σκοτειν-ός, ή, όν,
(σκότος) dark, νυκτὸς ἅρμ᾽ ἐπείγεται σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 661; σ. τῶν ἐνερτέρων βέλος [prev. work] 285)]; σ. περιβολαί, of a scabbard, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 276)]; [ὁδοί] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.5; τὰ σ. θεάσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 520c)]; ἀνὰ τὸ σ. προϊδεῖν in the darkness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.22)]; of a person, blind, καίπερ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1326; σ. ὄμμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 385)]; τὰ σ. the dark shadows in a picture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.57c: _neuter_ as)] adverb, σκοτεινὸν ζῆν to live in privacy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 781c.)]
II metaphorically, dark, obscure, opposed to ἐλλόγιμος καὶ φανός, [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 197a; τόπος σ. καὶ δυσδιερεύνητος [prev. author] “R.” 432c)]; Heraclitus was called ὁ σκοτεινός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 396b20, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “de Finibus” 2.5.15; σ. προοίμιον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.34)]; σ. ἀκοαί obscure reports, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 109e)]; σ. μηχανήματα dark, secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 288; ὁρκάναι [prev. author] “Ba.” 611; σκοτεινὸς ὀργήν “Tragica Adespota” 345, compare 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 1)]. adverb, -νῶς διαλέγεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 558d, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 32.)]
III probably falsa lectio for{κοτ-} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.61.)]
(σκότος) dark, νυκτὸς ἅρμ᾽ ἐπείγεται σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 661; σ. τῶν ἐνερτέρων βέλος [prev. work] 285)]; σ. περιβολαί, of a scabbard, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 276)]; [ὁδοί] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.5; τὰ σ. θεάσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 520c)]; ἀνὰ τὸ σ. προϊδεῖν in the darkness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.22)]; of a person, blind, καίπερ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1326; σ. ὄμμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 385)]; τὰ σ. the dark shadows in a picture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.57c: _neuter_ as)] adverb, σκοτεινὸν ζῆν to live in privacy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 781c.)]
II metaphorically, dark, obscure, opposed to ἐλλόγιμος καὶ φανός, [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 197a; τόπος σ. καὶ δυσδιερεύνητος [prev. author] “R.” 432c)]; Heraclitus was called ὁ σκοτεινός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 396b20, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “de Finibus” 2.5.15; σ. προοίμιον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.34)]; σ. ἀκοαί obscure reports, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 109e)]; σ. μηχανήματα dark, secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 288; ὁρκάναι [prev. author] “Ba.” 611; σκοτεινὸς ὀργήν “Tragica Adespota” 345, compare 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 1)]. adverb, -νῶς διαλέγεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 558d, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 32.)]
III probably falsa lectio for{κοτ-} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.61.)]