Strong G4654σκοτίζω
to darken
- Transliteration
- skotizō
- Pronunciation
- skot-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G4655; to obscure (literally or figuratively): - darken.
Detailed definition
σκοτίζω
(σκότος), [in LXX for חָשַׁךְ;]
to darken; in NT always pass., -ομαι, to be darkened: of the heavenly bodies, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24, Luk.23:45 (Rec., WH, mg.), Rev.8:12. Metaphorical, of the mind, Rom.1:21 11:10" (LXX) (cf. σκοτόω).†
(AS)
(σκότος), [in LXX for חָשַׁךְ;]
to darken; in NT always pass., -ομαι, to be darkened: of the heavenly bodies, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24, Luk.23:45 (Rec., WH, mg.), Rev.8:12. Metaphorical, of the mind, Rom.1:21 11:10" (LXX) (cf. σκοτόω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4654 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- darken8
- have1
- let1
- shall1
First verses
- Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
- Mark 13:24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
- Luke 23:45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- Romans 1:21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
- Romans 11:10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
- Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
- Revelation 8:12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
- Revelation 9:2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σκοτίζω,
make dark, τὸν θεὸν τὸν φωτίζοντα καὶ σκοτίζοντα τὸν κόσμον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Tab.Defix.Aud.” 242.13 (Carthage, 3rd c.AD))]; get in the light of, ἐνέργειαν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).698: _metaphorically_, λαβὼν δισσὰς ἐσκότισας χάριτας Ἀρχ.Δελτ. 11.57 (from Larissa), compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 33, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 11.153a)]; stupefy, σκορπίους [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 2.133)]:—passive, to be darkened, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1120e)]; to be blinded, σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν [LXX+NT (LXX.Psa.68(69).24; τῇ διανοίᾳ NT.Eph.4.18 (variant); χολῇ τὰς φρένας 12th c.AD: Tzetzes, Joannes Grammaticus “Historiarum variarum chiliades” 8.929)]; to be dizzy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 247b.)]
make dark, τὸν θεὸν τὸν φωτίζοντα καὶ σκοτίζοντα τὸν κόσμον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Tab.Defix.Aud.” 242.13 (Carthage, 3rd c.AD))]; get in the light of, ἐνέργειαν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).698: _metaphorically_, λαβὼν δισσὰς ἐσκότισας χάριτας Ἀρχ.Δελτ. 11.57 (from Larissa), compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 33, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 11.153a)]; stupefy, σκορπίους [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 2.133)]:—passive, to be darkened, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1120e)]; to be blinded, σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν [LXX+NT (LXX.Psa.68(69).24; τῇ διανοίᾳ NT.Eph.4.18 (variant); χολῇ τὰς φρένας 12th c.AD: Tzetzes, Joannes Grammaticus “Historiarum variarum chiliades” 8.929)]; to be dizzy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 247b.)]