2001 Translation

SKOTOUS, skotous

Sounds Like: SKO-toos

Translations: of darkness, of gloom

From the root: ΣΚΟΤΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to darkness, both literal and metaphorical. It can describe the absence of light, or figuratively, a state of ignorance, moral depravity, or spiritual blindness. It is often used in contexts describing the night, shadows, or a lack of understanding.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter

Strong’s number: G4655 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 17:6, 102:7

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 5:4, 14:5, 14:6, 18:1

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:11, 11:20

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 38:3, 59:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 1:1g
• Psalms — 106:14
• Proverbs — 2:13
• Ecclesiastes — 11:8
• Job — 10:22, 12:22, 15:22, 17:12, 26:10, 37:15, 38:19
• Wisdom — 17:2, 17:16, 17:20
• Joel — 2:2
• Zephaniah — 1:15
• Luke — 22:53
• Acts of the Apostles — 26:18
• Romans — 13:12
• 1 Corinthians — 4:5
• 2 Corinthians — 4:6
• Ephesians — 5:11, 6:12
• Colossians — 1:13
• 1 Thessalonians — 5:5
• 1 Peter — 2:9
• 2 Peter — 2:17
• Jude — 1:13
• Epistle of Barnabas — 5:4, 11:4, 14:5, 14:6, 18:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 19:301
• Book 5 — 2:141
• Book 7 — 13:326
• Book 15 — 3:55

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Six — 2:48

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 6:13

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 1:4, 1:18
• Esther — 1:1
• Psalms — 106:14
• Proverbs — 2:13
• Ecclesiastes — 11:8
• Job — 10:21, 12:22, 15:22, 17:12, 26:10, 37:15, 38:19
• Wisdom — 17:2, 17:18, 17:21
• Joel — 2:2
• Zephaniah — 1:15
• Enoch — 17:6

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 22:53
• Acts — 26:18
• Romans — 13:12
• 1 Corinthians — 4:5
• 2 Corinthians — 4:6
• Ephesians — 5:11, 6:12
• Colossians — 1:13
• 1 Thessalonians — 5:5
• 1 Peter — 2:9
• 2 Peter — 2:17
• Jude — 1:13

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΟΤΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΣΚΟΤΕΙ — (to) darkness, (to) a darkness, (to) gloom, (to) a gloom
• ΣΚΟΤΕΙΝΗ — dark, gloomy, obscure, a dark (one)
• ΣΚΟΤΕΙΝΟΣ — dark, gloomy, full of darkness, a dark (thing)
• ΣΚΟΤΙ — darkness, a darkness, gloom, obscurity
• ΣΚΟΤΙΑ — darkness, a darkness
• ΣΚΟΤΙΝΟΣ — dark, gloomy, full of darkness
• ΣΚΟΤΙΟΝ — darkness, a dark place, gloom
• ΣΚΟΤΟΙ — darkness, a darkness, gloom, shadows
• ΣΚΟΤΟΝ — darkness, gloom, a darkness, a gloom
• ΣΚΟΤΟΣ — darkness, gloom, a darkness

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