Strong's Number G4655

σκότος

skotos · skot'-os

Transliteration:

skotos{skot'-os}

Word Origin:

from the base of 4639

TDNT:

7:423,1049

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

darkness 32

Total: 32
Occurs 30 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

darkness
1. of night darkness
2. of darkened eyesight or blindness
metaph.
1. of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell
2. persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway