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GreekG2217Noun (Masculine)

ζόφος

zophos

5Occurrences
G2217Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

gloom (as shrouding like a cloud)

akin to the base of G3509 (νέφος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
[in Sm.: , * ;] in Hom, the gloom of the under-world; hence, darkness, deep gloom (poët. and late prose writers).† ὁμίχλη, -ης, ἡ, a mist
Synonyms
νέφος, νεφέλη, both thicker than ὁ
LXX: for עֲרָפֶל, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

ζόφος appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Peter
2
Jude
2
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

2 Peter 2:4BSB

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

2 Peter 2:17BSB

These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

Hebrews 12:18BSB

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;

Jude 1:6BSB

And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

Jude 1:13BSB

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.