Darkness
σκοτίαStrong’s G4653skotia
Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament
In short
Skotia is the Greek word usually translated “darkness”, “dark” and “when dark”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.
“What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.”
Meaning
Usually translated “darkness”, “dark” and “when dark”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- darkness 14
- dark 1
- when dark 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 6
- 1 John 4
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 12:3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- John 1:5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
- John 6:17And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
- John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
- John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
- John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Greek dictionary
σκοτία skotia · 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “darkness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
D'ARKNESS, noun
- Absence of light.“And darkness was on the face of the deep” Genesis 1:2
- Obscurity; want of clearness or perspicuity; that quality or state which renders any thing difficult to be understood; as the darkness of counsels.
- A state of being intellectually clouded; ignorance.“Men loved darkness rather than light” John 3:19
- A private place; secrecy; privacy.“What I tell in darkness that speak ye in light” Matthew 10:27
All definitions
- Infernal gloom; hell; as utter darkness Matthew 22:13
- Great trouble and distress; calamities; perplexities.“A day of clouds and thick darkness Is” Joel 2:2
- Empire of Satan.“Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness” Colossians 1:13
- Opakeness.
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.