σκοτία skotia

Greek word for “darkness” · Strong’s G4653 · used 16 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

σκοτία, -ας, ἡ; in late writers = σκότος;

How it is translated

Glosses given for skotia in context, with how often each is used:

• darkness 14
• dark 1
• when dark 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 John 2 (3), John 12 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Luke 12 (1), John 1 (1), John 6 (1), John 8 (1), John 20 (1), 1 John 1 (1)

Forms

• σκοτίᾳ 9
• σκοτία 6
• σκοτίας 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with skotia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• φῶς phōs “light” 9
• δῶμα dōma “housetop” 2
• περιπατέω peripateō “to walk” 3
• καταλαμβάνω katalambanō “to grasp” 2
• φαίνω phainō “to shine/appear” 2
• οὖς ous “ear” 2
• μισέω miseō “to hate” 2
• ποῦ pou “where?” 2
• ἤδη ēdē “already” 2
• κηρύσσω kērussō “to preach” 2
• ὑπάγω hupagō “to go” 2
• ἔτι eti “still” 2

Key verses

The verses using skotia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 10:27 — What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
• Luke 12:3 — Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the…
• John 1:5 — And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
• John 6:17 — And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
• John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 12:35 — Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness…
• John 12:46 — I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
• John 20:1 — The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
• 1 John 1:5 — This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
• 1 John 2:8 — Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
• 1 John 2:9 — He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
• 1 John 2:11 — But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.