Strong G4653σκοτία

darkness

Transliteration
skotia
Pronunciation
skot-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G4655; dimness obscurity (literally or figuratively): - dark (-ness).

Detailed definition

σκοτία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX: Job.28:3 (אֹפֶל), Mic.3:6 (חָשַׁךְ), Isa.16:3 *;]
in late writers = σκότος,
darkness: Jhn.6:17 20:1. Metaphorical,
__(a) of secrecy (opposite to ἐν τ. φωτί): Mat.10:27, Luk.12:3;
__(b) of spiritual darkness: Mat.4:16, Jhn.1:5 8:12 12:35, 40, 1Jn.1:5 Jn 2:8-9 Jn 2:11.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4653 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • darkness10
  • dark2

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:27
    What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
  2. Luke 12:3
    Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
  3. John 1:5
    And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
  4. John 6:17
    And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
  5. John 8:12
    Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  6. John 12:35
    Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  7. John 12:46
    I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
  8. John 20:1
    The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
  9. 1 John 1:5
    This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
  10. 1 John 2:8
    Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
  11. 1 John 2:9
    He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
  12. 1 John 2:11
    But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σκοτί-α, ἡ,
(σκότος) darkness, gloom, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1698, LXX (LXX.Mic.3.6, +others), “NT” (NT.Matt.10.27, +others), cf. Moer. p.354 P.)]
II in Architecture, scotia, cavetto, a sunken moulding, so called from the dark shadow it casts, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 3.5.2, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
III Σκοτιά, epithet of Aphrodite in Egypt, [Refs ([prev. author])]