σκότος

skovto" skovto",
skotou,
oJ (cf.
skotiva, at the beginning), from Homer down, darkness: Rec. (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 158; Winer's Grammar, 66 (64); B 22 (20)).*skovto",
skovtou",
tov, from Pindar down (see the preceding word, and
skotiva, at the beginning), the Septuagint chiefly for &v,jo, darkness; a. properly: ; ; ; ; ;
au{th
ejstin
hJ
ejxousiva
tou'
skovtou", this is the power of (night's) darkness, i. e. it has the power of rendering men bold to commit crimes, ;
tav
kruptav
tou'
skovtou" (see
kruptov"), ; of darkened eyesight or blindness:
skovto"
ejpipivptei
ejpiv
tina i. e. on one deprived of sight, ; in figurative discourse,
eij
ou\n ...,
tov
skovto"
povson; if the light that is in thee is darkness, darkened (i. e. if the soul has lost its perceptive power), how great is the darkness (how much more deplorable than bodily blindness), , cf. . by metonymy, put for a dark place: ; ; (see
ejxwvtero");
zovfo"
tou'
skovtou" (see
zovfo"), ; . b. metaphorically, of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery (see
skotiva): ; ; ; ; ; ; (abstract for the concrete) persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway, ;
tav
e[rga
tou'
skovtou", deeds done in darkness, harmonizing with it, ; ;
skovtou"
ei\nai, to be given up to the power of darkness (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 30, 5 a.), ;
ejn
skovtei
ei\nai, ;
oiJ
ejn
skovtei, ; ;
oJ
laov"
oJ
kaqhvmeno"
ejn
ejkotei, R G T;
ejn
skovtei
peripatei'n, .*