Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
darkness
Usage: σκότος, -ου, ὁ the more usual cl. form (cf.σ., τό), darkness: Heb.12:18, Rec.† (AS)
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 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.
skotos (skot'-os) n. 1. shadiness, i.e. obscurity {literally or figuratively} [from the base of G4639] KJV: darkness Root(s): G4639
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darkness
Usage: σκότος, -ου, ὁ the more usual cl. form (cf.σ., τό), darkness: Heb.12:18, Rec.† (AS)
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.
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.
Strong's G4655 (σκότος) appears 115 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
31 indexed usages in New Testament.
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.
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!
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
90 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
11 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
6 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.
First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4655.
But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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.
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.
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.
And ye drew nigh and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: there was darkness, blackness, and tempest.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For thou, Lord, art my lamp, And the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
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.
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.
Let that night be darkness, And let not the Lord regard it from above, Neither let light come upon it.
But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; Let blackness come upon it;
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.
In the day darkness shall come upon them, And let them grope in the noonday even as in the night:
To a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, Neither can anyone see the life of mortals.
Revealing deep things out of darkness: And he has brought into light the shadow of death.
Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, And let them wander as a drunken man.
Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, For he has been already made over to the power of the sword.
Neither shall he in anywise escape the darkness: Let the wind blast his blossom, And let his flower fall off.
I have turned the night into day: The light is short because of darkness.
His light shall be darkness in his habitation, And his lamp shall be put out with him.
Let one drive him from light into darkness.
He has set darkness before my face.
And let all darkness wait for him: A fire that burns not out shall consume him; And let a stranger plague his house.
The light has proved darkness to thee, And water has covered thee on thy lying down.
And thick darkness has covered me before my face.
But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: And in the night one will be as a thief:
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.
In darkness he digs through houses: By day they conceal themselves securely: They know not the light.
He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, Until the end of light and darkness.
He has set a bound to darkness, And he searches out every limit: A stone is darkness, and the shadow of death.
As when his lamp shone over my head; When by his light I walked through darkness.
We know that God has disposed his works, Having made light out of darkness.
And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? And of what kind is the place of darkness?
And he made darkness his secret place: Round about him was his tabernacle, Even dark water in the clouds of the air.
For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: My God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.
Let their way be dark and slippery, And an angel of the Lord persecuting them.
Fear and trembling came upon me, And darkness covered me.
They know not, nor understand; They walk on in darkness: All the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? And thy righteousness in a forgotten land?
Nor of the evil thing that walks in darkness; Nor of calamity, and the evil spirit at noonday.
Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; In it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad:
He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; Yet they rebelled against his words.
Even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, Fettered in poverty and iron;
And he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their bonds asunder.
To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: He is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous.
When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; Even the night was light in my luxury.
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.
Alas for those who forsake right paths, To walk in ways of darkness;
to be the stillness of night and of darkness:
And I saw that wisdom excels folly, As much as light excels darkness.
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.
Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, And much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.
For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, And his name shall be covered in darkness.
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.
Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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,
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring the bound and them that sit in darkness out of bonds and the prison house.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as sackcloth.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, And not into light.
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.
he reveals deep and secret matters; knowing what is in darkness, and the light is with him.
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.
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.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come.
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.
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this day gloom without brightness?
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.
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against him and his enemies.
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,
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.
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!
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
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.
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
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.
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.
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
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.
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.
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.
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
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.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
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;
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4655, grouped by book.
Skotos (Strong's G4655) is a Greek word most simply glossed "darkness". skotos (skot'-os) n. 1. shadiness, i.e. obscurity {literally or figuratively}
This page currently indexes 138 linked usages for Strong's G4655 across 43 books.
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.
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.
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.