σκοτία
skotiadarknessHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine17 occurrences4 books13 verses
Definition
σκοτία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX: Job 28:3 (אֹפֶל), Micah 3:6 (חָשַׁךְ), Isaiah 16:3 * ;]
in late writers = σκότος,
darkness: John 6:17; 20:1. Metaphorical,
(a) of secrecy (opposite to ἐν τ. φωτί): Matthew 10:27, Luke 12:3;
(b) of spiritual darkness: Matthew 4:16, John 1:5; 8:12; 12:35, 40, 1 John 1:5, John 2:8-9, John 2:11.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as σκοτία:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
17 total
- Matthew 4:16σκοτίᾳ · darkness…the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
- Matthew 10:27σκοτίᾳ · darkWhat I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
- Luke 12:3σκοτίᾳ · darkWhat you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
- John 1:5σκοτίᾳ · darkness; σκοτία · darknessThe Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
- John 6:17σκοτία · dark…got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.
- John 8:12σκοτίᾳ · darknessOnce again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- John 12:35σκοτία · darkness; σκοτίᾳ · darknessThen Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
- John 12:46σκοτίᾳ · darknessI have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
- John 20:1σκοτίας · darkEarly on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
- 1 John 1:5σκοτία · darknessAnd this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
- 1 John 2:8σκοτία · darknessThen again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
- 1 John 2:9σκοτίᾳ · darknessIf anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
- 1 John 2:11σκοτίᾳ · darkness; σκοτίᾳ · darkness; σκοτία · darknessBut whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.