ζόφος

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ζόφος, ου, ὁ

Greek transliteration

zophos

Simplified transliteration

zophos

Strong's number

2217

GK Number

2432

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

n-2a

Gloss

blackness, darkness, gloom

Definition

gloom, thick darkness, Heb. 12:18; 2 Pet. 2:4, 17; Jude 6, 13*

Hebrews 12:18	For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom (zophō \| ζόφῳ \| dat sg masc), and a whirlwind;
2 Peter 2:4	For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell, committing them to chains of utter darkness (zophou \| ζόφου \| gen sg masc), there to be kept until the judgment;
2 Peter 2:17	These people are wells without water, mists driven by a squall. For them the gloom (zophos \| ζόφος \| nom sg masc) of darkness has been reserved.
Jude 1:6	And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in utter (zophon \| ζόφον \| acc sg masc) darkness (zophon \| ζόφον \| acc sg masc) for the judgment of the great day.
Jude 1:13	wild waves of the sea, casting up their shameful deeds like foam; wandering stars for whom the gloom (zophos \| ζόφος \| nom sg masc) of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

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