skotia · darkness

What it means

skotia (σκοτία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “darkness”.

How to say it

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

1. The absence of light, night.
2. What is said in secret.
3. Living without God, far from his light.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• darkness ×13
• dark ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×1
• John×8
• 1 John×6

• Matthew 4:16

  the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light dawned on them.”

• Matthew 10:27

  What I tell you in the dark, say in the light; and what you hear in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

• Luke 12:3

  Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

• John 1:5

  And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

• John 6:17

  and getting into a boat, they were crossing the sea to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

• John 8:12

  So Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

• John 12:35

  So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you; and whoever walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

• John 12:46

  I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

• John 20:1

  Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene comes early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and she sees the stone taken away from the tomb.

• 1 John 1:5

  And this is the message that we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

• 1 John 2:8

  Yet I am writing to you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

• 1 John 2:9

  Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

• 1 John 2:11

  But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

And 4 more times.