Lexical Definition
σκότος skótos (skot'-os) darkness G:N-M/N
from the base of σκιά
darkness.
- shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)
Abbott-Smith
σκότος, -ου, ὁ the more usual cl. form (cf. σ., τό),
darkness: He 12:18, Rec.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Hebrews | 12:18 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
σκότος, ὁ,
more rarely σκότος, εος, τό (see. entry near the end), darkness, gloom, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to φάος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἡμέρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 in [Refs 8th c.BC+] always of the darkness of death, mostly in phrase τὸν δὲ σ. ὄσσε κάλυψεν [Refs]; so in Trag. and Comedy texts, σκότῳ θανεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤδη με περιβάλλει σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκότον εἶναι τεθνηκότος (i.e. Αἰσχύλου) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of the nether world, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παῖδες ἀρχαίου Σκότου[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 the darkness of the womb, φυγόντα μητρόθεν σκότον [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 of blindness, σκότου νέφος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βλέποντα νῦν μὲν ὄρθ᾽, ἔπειτα δὲ σκότον, i.e. μηδέν,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5.b dizziness, vertigo, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare σκοτόδινος, -δινιάω.
__6 metaphorically, σκότῳ κρύπτειν hide in darkness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκότον ἔχειν to be in darkness, obscurity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπορία καὶ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] it is dark and uncertain, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 of a person, Μητρότιμος ὁ σ., like{ὁ σκοτεινός}, the mystery-man, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; also, darkness, i.e. ignorance, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; deceit, σ. καὶ ἀπάτη [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__8 plural, σκότη shadows in a picture, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] regarded the masculine as the Attic dialect form: the neuter never occurs in [Refs 5th c.BC+], and is nowhere required by the metre in Trag., though it sometimes occurs in codices, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; it is found, however, without variant, in [Refs 5th c.BC+] and Attic dialect Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the word is always neuter in LXX and “NT.”
σκοτί-α, ἡ,
(σκότος) darkness, gloom, [NT+3rd c.BC+]
__II in Architecture, scotia, cavetto, a sunken moulding, so called from the dark shadow it casts, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III Σκοτιά, epithet of Aphrodite in Egypt, [Refs]
LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Mic.3.6 ☩ Matt.10.27