Dark
σκοτεινόςStrong’s G4652skoteinos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Skoteinos is the Greek word usually translated “dark” and “full of darkness”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”
Meaning
Usually translated “dark” and “full of darkness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- dark 2
- full of darkness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Matthew 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 11:34The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
- Luke 11:36If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Greek dictionary
σκοτεινός skoteinos · dark
σκοτεινός (WH. -τινός), -ή, -όν (σκότος), [in LXX chiefly for חֹשֶׁךְ and cogn. forms ;] dark: opposite to φωτεινός, Mat.6:23, Luk.11:34, 36.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dark” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
D'ARK, adjective
- Destitute of light; obscure.
- Wholly or partially black; having the quality opposite to white; as a dark color or substance.
- Gloomy; disheartening; having unfavorable prospects; as a dark time in political affairs.
- Obscure; not easily understood or explained; as a dark passage in an author; a dark saying.
All definitions and other forms of “dark”
- Mysterious; as, the ways of Providence are often dark to human reason.
- Not enlightened with knowledge; destitute of learning and science; rude; ignorant; as a dark age.
- Not vivid; partially black. Leviticus 13:6
- Blind.
- Gloomy; not cheerful; as a dark temper.
- Obscure; concealed; secret; not understood; as a dark design.
- Unclean; foul.
- Opake.
- Keeping designs concealed.
D'ARK, noun
- Darkness; obscurity; the absence of light.
- Obscurity; secrecy; a state unknown; as, things done in the dark
- Obscurity; a state of ignorance; as, we are all in the dark
D'ARK, verb transitive
- To make dark; to deprive of light; as, close the shutters and darken the room.
- To obscure; to cloud.
- To make black.
- To make dim; to deprive of vision.“Let their eyes be darkened” Romans 11:10
- To render gloomy; as, all joy is darkened.
- To deprive of intellectual vision; to render ignorant or stupid.“Their foolish heart was darkened” Romans 1:21“Having the understanding darkened” Ephesians 4:18
- To obscure; to perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
- To render less white or clear; to tan; as, a burning sun darkens the complexion.
- To sully; to make foul.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.