GreekG4652Adjective

σκοτεινός

skoteinos

3Occurrences
G4652Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

opaque, i.e. (figuratively) benighted

from G4655 (σκότος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
dark: opposite to φωτεινός.
LXX: chiefly for חֹשֶׁךְ and cogn. forms

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

σκοτεινός appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
2
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Luke 11:34BSB

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

Luke 11:36BSB

So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”

Matthew 6:23BSB

But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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