σκοτία skotia · G4653
darkness
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
σκοτί-α, ἡ, ; (σκότος) darkness, gloom, []; II in Architecture, scotia, cavetto, a sunken moulding, so called from the dark shadow it casts, []; III Σκοτιά, epithet of Aphrodite in Egypt, []
Where it's used 16 times
Matthew 10:27 · Luke 12:3 · John 1:5 · John 6:17 · John 8:12 · John 12:35 · John 12:46 · John 20:1 · 1 John 1:5 · 1 John 2:8 · 1 John 2:9 · 1 John 2:11 … and 4 more
Source: TBESG G4653; TFLSJ G4653
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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