σκοτεινός
skoteinos · dark
Greek word · Strong’s number G4652 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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skoteinos (σκοτεινός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “dark”.
Full of darkness.
How to say it
sko·tei·nos
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
- Without light, in gloom.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- full of darkness ×2
- dark ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 6:23
but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
- Luke 11:34
The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is healthy, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
- Luke 11:36
So if your whole body is full of light, not having any part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its brightness gives light to you.”