Strong's Greek · G4655

σκότος

skótos

darkness

Definition

shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)

Derivation

from the base of G4639 (σκιά);

Appears 30 times in Scripture

Luke 11:35

Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

Matthew 27:45

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Mark 15:33

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Matthew 8:12

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

John 3:19

And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

Acts 2:20

The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

Matthew 6:23

But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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