σκότος in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) darkness
1a) of night darkness
1b) of darkened eyesight or blindness
2) metaphorically
2a) of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell
2b) persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Citing in TDNT: 7:423, 1049

Strong

G4655
From the base of G4639; shadiness, that is, obscurity (literally or figuratively): - darkness.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
(τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον) abode of evil spirits1.23
(ὁ ζόφος τοῦ σκότους) gloomy hell1.24
a darkness14.53
(ἀχλὺς καὶ σκότος πίπτει) become blind24.40
b evil world88.125

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

SBL (also Westcott and Hort; Tischendorf; Byzantine)

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