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Strong's G1105 γνόφος (gnophos)

Gnophos means “blackness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1105 — bela (“devouring”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1105
Language Greek
Linked Usages 26
Books 16

Strong's G1105 Quick Answer

Strong's G1105 γνόφος (gnophos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. gnophos (gnof'-os) n. 1. gloom (as of a storm) 2. stormy gloom It has 26 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include blackness. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
gnophos (gnof'-os) n. 1. gloom (as of a storm) 2. stormy gloom
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
blackness

Meaning and Definition

gnophos (gnof'-os) n. 1. gloom (as of a storm) 2. stormy gloom [akin to G3509] KJV: blackness Compare: G2217 See also: G3509

Original Word
γνόφος
Transliteration
gnophos
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1105. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

darkness

Usage: γνόφος (later form of δν-), [in LXX for אָפֵל, עֲרָפֶל, etc. ;] darkness, gloom (including "an element of tempest," Tr., Syn., §with): Heb.12:18.† SYN.: ἀχλύς, ζόφος, σκότος (Tr., l.with; DB, i, 457a). (AS)

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How Strong's G1105 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render gnophos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

blackness Hebrews 12:18

How Strong's G1105 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1105 (γνόφος) appears 26 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1105 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1105 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Hebrews 12:18 KJV

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Strong's G1105 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 10:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was darkness very black, even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days.

Exodus 14:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And it went between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and stood; and there was darkness and blackness; and the night passed, and they came not near to one another during the whole night.

Exodus 20:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.

Strong's G1105 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 45:5 Septuagint / Brenton

He made him to hear his voice, And brought him into the dark cloud, And gave him commandments before his face, Even the law of life and knowledge, That he might teach Jacob his covenants, And Israel his judgments.

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1105.

Exodus 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was darkness very black, even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days.
Exodus 14:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it went between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and stood; and there was darkness and blackness; and the night passed, and they came not near to one another during the whole night.
Exodus 20:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.
Deuteronomy 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye drew nigh and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: there was darkness, blackness, and tempest.
Deuteronomy 5:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These words the Lord spoke to all the assembly of you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire—there was darkness, blackness, storm, a loud voice—and he added no more, and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and he gave them to me.
Joshua 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and ye were in the wilderness many days.
2 Kingdoms 22:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he bowed the heavens, and came down, And there was darkness under his feet.
3 Kingdoms 8:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because thou hast set them apart for an inheritance to thyself out of all the nations of the earth, as thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, when thou broughtest our fathers out of the land of Egypt, O Lord God. He manifested the sun in the heaven: The Lord said he would dwell in darkness: Build thou my house, a beautiful house For thyself to dwell in anew. Behold, is not this written in the book of the song?
2 Chronicles 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
Job 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; Let blackness come upon it;
Job 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let him not crush me with a dark storm: But he has made my bruises many without cause.
Job 17:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: And my bed has been made in darkness.
Job 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou hast said, What does the Mighty One know? Does he judge in the dark?
Job 23:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thick darkness has covered me before my face.
Job 27:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pains have come upon him as water, And darkness has carried him away by night.
Psalms 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he bowed the heaven, and came down: And thick darkness was under his feet.
Psalms 96:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cloud and darkness are round about him; Righteousness and judgment are the establishment of his throne.
Isaiah 44:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For behold, I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and thy sin as darkness: turn to me, and I will redeem thee.
Isaiah 60:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and there shall be gross darkness on the nations: but the Lord shall appear upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Jeremiah 23:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation.
Ezekiel 34:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in the midst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from every place where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness.
Joel 2:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist: a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been from the beginning one like it, and after it there shall not be again even to the years of many generations.
Amos 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this day gloom without brightness?
Zephaniah 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A mighty day of wrath is that day, a day of affliction and distress, a day of desolation and destruction, a day of gloominess and darkness, a day of cloud and vapor,
Hebrews 12:18 New Testament, KJV
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Wisdom of Sirach 45:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He made him to hear his voice, And brought him into the dark cloud, And gave him commandments before his face, Even the law of life and knowledge, That he might teach Jacob his covenants, And Israel his judgments.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1105, grouped by book.

Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1105 FAQ

What does gnophos (γνόφος) mean?

Gnophos (Strong's G1105) is a Greek word most simply glossed "blackness". gnophos (gnof'-os) n. 1. gloom (as of a storm) 2. stormy gloom

How many times is gnophos (γνόφος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's G1105 across 16 books.

Where can I study gnophos (γνόφος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1105 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate gnophos (γνόφος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as blackness. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1105 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 24 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1105, with linked reader references where each row is available.