Forms of the word

Dictionary
σκοτία, -ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration
skotia
Simplified transliteration
skotia

Numbers

Strong's number
4653
GK Number
5028

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
16
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Gloss
darkness, the dark
Definition
darkness, Jn. 6:17; 20:1; privacy, Mt. 10:27; Lk. 12:3; met. moral or spiritual darkness, Jn. 1:5 (2x); 8:12; 12:35, 46; 1 Jn. 1:5; 2:8, 9, 11*

Greek-English Concordance for σκοτία

Matthew 10:27 What I say to you in the darkness (skotia | σκοτίᾳ | dat sg fem), speak in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.
Luke 12:3 All that you said in the darkness (skotia | σκοτίᾳ | dat sg fem) will be heard in the light, and what you said in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
John 1:5 The light shines on in the darkness (skotia | σκοτίᾳ | dat sg fem), and the darkness (skotia | σκοτία | nom sg fem) has not understood it.
John 6:17 got into a boat and started across the sea to Capernaum. It had by then become dark (skotia | σκοτία | nom sg fem), and Jesus had not yet come to them.
John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness (skotia | σκοτίᾳ | dat sg fem), but will have the light of life.”
John 12:35 Then Jesus said to them, “The light will be with you for yet a little while. Keep walking while you have the light, so that the darkness (skotia | σκοτία | nom sg fem) will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness (skotia | σκοτίᾳ | dat sg fem) does not know where he is going.
John 12:46 I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness (skotia | σκοτίᾳ | dat sg fem).
John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark (skotias | σκοτίας | gen sg fem), and she saw the stone removed from the tomb.
1 John 1:5 Now this is the message that we have heard from him and are proclaiming to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness (skotia | σκοτία | nom sg fem) in him.
1 John 2:8 Yet it is a new commandment that I write to you, one that is true in him and in you, because the darkness (skotia | σκοτία | nom sg fem) is passing away and the true light is already shining.
1 John 2:9 The one who claims to be in the light but goes on hating his brother is still in the darkness (skotia | σκοτίᾳ | dat sg fem).
1 John 2:11 But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness (skotia | σκοτίᾳ | dat sg fem); he walks in the darkness (skotia | σκοτίᾳ | dat sg fem) and does not know where he is going, because the darkness (skotia | σκοτία | nom sg fem) has blinded his eyes.

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