Forms of the word

Dictionary
σκότος, -ους, τό
Greek transliteration
skotos
Simplified transliteration
skotos

Numbers

Strong's number
4655
GK Number
5030

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
31
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3d(2b)
Gloss
darkness, the dark
Definition
darkness, Mt. 27:45; Acts 2:20; gloom of punishment and misery, Mt. 8:12; 2 Pet. 2:17; met. moral or spiritual darkness, Mt. 4:16; Jn. 3:19; Eph. 5:11; a realm of moral darkness, Eph. 5:8; 6:12

Greek-English Concordance for σκότος

1 Thessalonians 5:5 for you are all sons of light, sons of the day. We do not belong to night or darkness (skotous | σκότους | gen sg neut).
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, so that you may declare the glorious deeds of the one who called you out of darkness (skotous | σκότους | gen sg neut) into his marvelous light.
2 Peter 2:17 These people are wells without water, mists driven by a squall. For them the gloom of darkness (skotous | σκότους | gen sg neut) has been reserved.
1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him but continue to walk in darkness (skotei | σκότει | dat sg neut), we lie and are not putting the truth into practice.
Jude 1:13 wild waves of the sea, casting up their shameful deeds like foam; wandering stars for whom the gloom of utter darkness (skotous | σκότους | gen sg neut) has been reserved forever.

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