σκοτόω
skotoō · be darkened
Greek word · Strong’s number G4656 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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skotoō (σκοτόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be darkened”.
Become dark.
How to say it
sko·to·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To lose light; to lose clarity of understanding.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- darkened ×2
- was plunged into darkness ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ephesians 4:18
being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
- Revelation 9:2
And he opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke went up from the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the shaft.
- Revelation 16:10
And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain,