Strong G4656σκοτόω
to darken
- Transliteration
- skotoō
- Pronunciation
- skot-o'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G4655; to obscure or blind (literally or figuratively): - be full of darkness.
Detailed definition
σκοτόω, -ῶ
(σκότος), [in LXX for חָשַׁךְ, קָדַר, שָׁחַר;]
to darken: Rev.9:2 16:10. Metaphorical, of the mind! pass., Eph.4:18 (cf. σκοτίζω).†
(AS)
(σκότος), [in LXX for חָשַׁךְ, קָדַר, שָׁחַר;]
to darken: Rev.9:2 16:10. Metaphorical, of the mind! pass., Eph.4:18 (cf. σκοτίζω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4656 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- darkness1
First verses
- Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σκοτ-όω,
darken, blind, σκοτώσω βλέφαρα καὶ δεδορκότα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 85)]; stupefy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.125 (_active_ and _passive_))]; make dizzy, τὰς ὄψεις [NT (Philo Byzantius Paradoxographus “de Septem Miraculis” 2.5: _metaphorically_, NT.Eph.4.18)]:—passive, to be in darkness, suffer from vertigo, like{σκοτοδινιάω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518a, “Prt.” 339e, “Tht.” 209e, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Vertigine” 7, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.13.8)]; ἕλμινθες -ωθεῖσαι stupefied, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.37, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.657.)]
darken, blind, σκοτώσω βλέφαρα καὶ δεδορκότα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 85)]; stupefy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.125 (_active_ and _passive_))]; make dizzy, τὰς ὄψεις [NT (Philo Byzantius Paradoxographus “de Septem Miraculis” 2.5: _metaphorically_, NT.Eph.4.18)]:—passive, to be in darkness, suffer from vertigo, like{σκοτοδινιάω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518a, “Prt.” 339e, “Tht.” 209e, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Vertigine” 7, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.13.8)]; ἕλμινθες -ωθεῖσαι stupefied, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.37, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.657.)]