σκοτίζω
skotizō
“to darken”
Definition
to obscure (literally or figuratively)
from G4655 (σκότος);
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Grammar & Morphology
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
σκοτίζω appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Immediately after the tribulation of those days:‘The sun will be darkened,and the moon will not give its light;the stars will fall from the sky,and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
But in those days, after that tribulation:‘The sun will be darkened,and the moon will not give its light;
Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,and their backs be bent forever.”
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