ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΣΑΙ, συσκοτασαι
SYSKOTASAI, syskotasai
Sounds Like: sys-ko-TA-sai
Translations: to grow dark, to become dark, to be darkened
From the root: ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to grow dark' or 'to become dark'. It describes the process of something becoming obscured by darkness, either literally (like the sky at night) or figuratively (like one's understanding or vision). It is often used to describe the onset of night or a state of spiritual or intellectual blindness. In the provided example, it is used as a genitive infinitive, meaning 'before the growing dark' or 'before it grows dark'.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4967 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Jeremiah — 13:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΖΩ — to darken, to make dark, to grow dark, to become dark
- ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΖΩΝ — darkening, making dark, causing darkness
- ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΣΑΤΩ — let it be darkened together, let it be completely darkened, let it be utterly darkened
- ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΣΕ — it will grow dark, it will darken, it will be darkened, it will become dark
- ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΣΕΙ — it will be darkened, it will grow dark, it will become dark
- ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΣΕΤΩ — let it be darkened, let it be made dark, let it become dark
- ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will darken, they will grow dark, they will be darkened
- ΣΥΣΚΟΤΑΣΩ — I will darken, I will make dark, I will obscure
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