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Strong's G4655 σκότος (skotos)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4655 — miphlat (“escape”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4655
Language Greek
Linked Usages 138
Books 43

Strong's G4655 Quick Answer

Strong's G4655 σκότος (skotos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. skotos (skot'-os) n. 1. shadiness, i.e. obscurity {literally or figuratively} It has 138 linked Bible usages across 43 books. Visible English usage signals include darkness. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
skotos (skot'-os) n. 1. shadiness, i.e. obscurity {literally or figuratively}
Usage
138 linked usages
Books
43 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
darkness

Meaning and Definition

skotos (skot'-os) n. 1. shadiness, i.e. obscurity {literally or figuratively} [from the base of G4639] KJV: darkness Root(s): G4639

Original Word
σκότος
Transliteration
skotos
Derivation
Root: σκία R1: 4639
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4655. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G4655 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render skotos, 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.

darkness Matthew 4:16 30×

How Strong's G4655 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. 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 90 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.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4655 (σκότος) appears 115 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4655 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 G4655 in the New Testament

31 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 4:16 KJV

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

Matthew 6:23 KJV

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matthew 8:12 KJV

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Strong's G4655 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

90 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:2 Septuagint / Brenton

But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.

Genesis 1:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.

Genesis 1:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Strong's G4655 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

11 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G4655 in 1 Enoch

6 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4655.

Genesis 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
Genesis 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.
Genesis 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Genesis 1:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Exodus 10:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand to heaven, and let there be darkness over the land of Egypt—darkness that may be felt.
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.
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.
Deuteronomy 28:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt grope at midday, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.
Joshua 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but when the gate was shut in the evening, the men went out; I know not whither they are gone: follow after them, if ye may overtake them.
2 Kingdoms 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and slay me, for a dreadful darkness has come upon me, for all my life is in me.
2 Kingdoms 22:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made darkness his hiding place; His tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, He condensed it with the clouds of the air.
2 Kingdoms 22:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou, Lord, art my lamp, And the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
4 Kingdoms 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they rose up while it was yet night, to go into the camp of Syria; and they came into a part of the camp of Syria, and behold, there was no man there.
4 Kingdoms 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they arose and fled while it was yet dark, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses in the camp, as they were, and fled for their lives.
Job 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let that night be darkness, And let not the Lord regard it from above, Neither let light come upon it.
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 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let that day and night be cursed, Let darkness carry them away; Let it not come into the days of the year, Neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.
Job 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the day darkness shall come upon them, And let them grope in the noonday even as in the night:
Job 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, Neither can anyone see the life of mortals.
Job 12:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Revealing deep things out of darkness: And he has brought into light the shadow of death.
Job 12:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, And let them wander as a drunken man.
Job 15:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, For he has been already made over to the power of the sword.
Job 15:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither shall he in anywise escape the darkness: Let the wind blast his blossom, And let his flower fall off.
Job 17:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have turned the night into day: The light is short because of darkness.
Job 18:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His light shall be darkness in his habitation, And his lamp shall be put out with him.
Job 18:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let one drive him from light into darkness.
Job 19:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has set darkness before my face.
Job 20:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let all darkness wait for him: A fire that burns not out shall consume him; And let a stranger plague his house.
Job 22:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The light has proved darkness to thee, And water has covered thee on thy lying down.
Job 23:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thick darkness has covered me before my face.
Job 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: And in the night one will be as a thief:
Job 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the eye of the adulterer has watched for the darkness, Saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.
Job 24:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In darkness he digs through houses: By day they conceal themselves securely: They know not the light.
Job 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, Until the end of light and darkness.
Job 28:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has set a bound to darkness, And he searches out every limit: A stone is darkness, and the shadow of death.
Job 29:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As when his lamp shone over my head; When by his light I walked through darkness.
Job 37:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We know that God has disposed his works, Having made light out of darkness.
Job 38:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? And of what kind is the place of darkness?
Psalms 17:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made darkness his secret place: Round about him was his tabernacle, Even dark water in the clouds of the air.
Psalms 17:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: My God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.
Psalms 34:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let their way be dark and slippery, And an angel of the Lord persecuting them.
Psalms 54:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fear and trembling came upon me, And darkness covered me.
Psalms 81:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They know not, nor understand; They walk on in darkness: All the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
Psalms 87:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? And thy righteousness in a forgotten land?
Psalms 90:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nor of the evil thing that walks in darkness; Nor of calamity, and the evil spirit at noonday.
Psalms 103:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; In it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad:
Psalms 104:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; Yet they rebelled against his words.
Psalms 106:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, Fettered in poverty and iron;
Psalms 106:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their bonds asunder.
Psalms 111:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: He is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous.
Psalms 138:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; Even the night was light in my luxury.
Psalms 138:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For darkness will not be darkness with thee; But night will be light as day: As its darkness, so shall its light be to thee.
Proverbs 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Alas for those who forsake right paths, To walk in ways of darkness;
Proverbs 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to be the stillness of night and of darkness:
Ecclesiastes 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I saw that wisdom excels folly, As much as light excels darkness.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The wise man’s eyes are in his head; But the fool walks in darkness: And I perceived, even I, That one event shall happen to them all.
Ecclesiastes 5:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, And much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.
Ecclesiastes 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, And his name shall be covered in darkness.
Ecclesiastes 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For even if a man should live many years, And rejoice in them all; Yet let him remember the days of darkness; For they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
Isaiah 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.
Isaiah 5:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall roar on account of them in that day, as the sound of the swelling sea; and they shall look to the land, and, behold, there shall be thick darkness in their perplexity.
Isaiah 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that one cannot see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.
Isaiah 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O people walking in darkness, behold a great light: ye that dwell in the region and shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you.
Isaiah 29:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do?
Isaiah 29:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,
Isaiah 42:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring the bound and them that sit in darkness out of bonds and the prison house.
Isaiah 42:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, and I will cause them to tread paths which they have not known: I will turn darkness into light for them, and crooked things into straight. These things will I do, and will not forsake them.
Isaiah 45:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am he that prepared light, and formed darkness; who make peace, and create evil; I am the Lord God, that does all these things.
Isaiah 47:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Come down, sit on the ground, O virgin daughter of Babylon: sit on the ground, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and luxurious.
Isaiah 47:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sit thou down pierced with woe, go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: thou shalt no more be called the strength of a kingdom.
Isaiah 49:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and bidding them that are in darkness show themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths shall be their pasture.
Isaiah 50:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as sackcloth.
Isaiah 50:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who is among you that fears the Lord? let him hearken to the voice of his servant: ye that walk in darkness, and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon God.
Isaiah 58:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and if thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as noonday:
Isaiah 59:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity.
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 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and ye shall wait for light, and behold the shadow of death, and they shall be brought into darkness.
Lamentations 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, And not into light.
Ezekiel 32:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the bodies that give light in the sky, shall be darkened over thee, and I will bring darkness upon the earth, saith the Lord God.
Daniel 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
he reveals deep and secret matters; knowing what is in darkness, and the light is with him.
Daniel 3:72 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord: Praise and exalt him above all forever. Praise and exalt him above all forever. Praise and exalt him above all forever.
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.
Joel 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come.
Amos 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.
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?
Micah 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen yet shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
Nahum 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against him and his enemies.
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,
Matthew 4:16 New Testament, KJV
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Matthew 6:23 New Testament, KJV
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew 8:12 New Testament, KJV
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 22:13 New Testament, KJV
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25:30 New Testament, KJV
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 27:45 New Testament, KJV
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Mark 15:33 New Testament, KJV
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Luke 1:79 New Testament, KJV
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 11:35 New Testament, KJV
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Luke 22:53 New Testament, KJV
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
Luke 23:44 New Testament, KJV
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
John 3:19 New Testament, KJV
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Acts 2:20 New Testament, KJV
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
Acts 13:11 New Testament, KJV
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Acts 26:18 New Testament, KJV
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Romans 2:19 New Testament, KJV
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
Romans 13:12 New Testament, KJV
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
1 Corinthians 4:5 New Testament, KJV
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
2 Corinthians 4:6 New Testament, KJV
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:14 New Testament, KJV
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Ephesians 5:8 New Testament, KJV
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Ephesians 5:11 New Testament, KJV
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Ephesians 6:12 New Testament, KJV
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Colossians 1:13 New Testament, KJV
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
1 Thessalonians 5:4 New Testament, KJV
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1 Thessalonians 5:5 New Testament, KJV
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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,
1 Peter 2:9 New Testament, KJV
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
2 Peter 2:17 New Testament, KJV
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
1 John 1:6 New Testament, KJV
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4655, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 24 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 6 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 4 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
Romans 2 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 3 usages, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
Jude 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 6 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G4655 FAQ

What does skotos (σκότος) mean?

Skotos (Strong's G4655) is a Greek word most simply glossed "darkness". skotos (skot'-os) n. 1. shadiness, i.e. obscurity {literally or figuratively}

How many times is skotos (σκότος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 138 linked usages for Strong's G4655 across 43 books.

Where can I study skotos (σκότος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4655 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate skotos (σκότος)?

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

Does Strong's G4655 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 90 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 11 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 6 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4655, with linked reader references where each row is available.