ΣΚΟΤΩ, σκοτω
SKOTŌ, skotō
Sounds Like: sko-TOH
Translations: to darken, to make dark, to blind, to obscure
From the root: ΣΚΟΤΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to make something dark, to obscure it, or to blind someone. It can be used literally, referring to the absence of light, or figuratively, referring to a lack of understanding or spiritual blindness. It describes the action of causing darkness or dimness.
Inflection: First person singular, Present, Active, Indicative; or Imperative; or Subjunctive. It could also be a misspelling of the infinitive form ΣΚΟΤΟῦν or the root form ΣΚΟΤΌΩ.
Strong’s number: G4656 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:20
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 3:216
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 4:46
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΟΤΟΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΚΟΤΩΘΗΝ — I was darkened, I became dark, I was made dark, I was blinded
- ἘΣΚΟΤΩΘΗΣΑΝ — they were darkened, they became dark, they were made dark
- ἘΣΚΟΤΩΜΕΝΗ — darkened, made dark, obscured, a darkened one
- ἘΣΚΟΤΩΜΕΝΟΙ — darkened, having been darkened, made dark, blinded, obscured
- ἘΣΚΟΤΩΤΑΙ — has been darkened, is darkened, has become dark
- ΕΣΚΟΤΩΘΗΝ — I was darkened, I became dark, I was obscured
- ΕΣΚΟΤΩΘΗΣΑ — they were darkened, they became dark, they were made dark
- ΕΣΚΟΤΩΜΕΝΗ — having been darkened, having been obscured, darkened, obscured
- ΕΣΚΟΤΩΜΕΝΟΙ — darkened, having been darkened, blinded, those who have been darkened
- ΕΣΚΟΤΩΤΑΙ — has been darkened, has become dark, has been made dark
- ΕΣΣΚΟΤΩΘΗ — was darkened, became dark, was made dark, was obscured
- ΣΚΟΤΟΩ — to darken, to be darkened, to obscure, to make dark
- ΣΚΟΤΩΘΕΙΗ — may it be darkened, may it be blinded, may it be made dark, may it be made blind
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