σκοτόω
skotoō
“to darken”
Definition
to obscure or blind (literally or figuratively)
from G4655 (σκότος);
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
σκοτόω appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
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