ΣΚΟΤΕΙΝΗ, σκοτεινη
SKOTEINĒ, skoteinē
Sounds Like: sko-TEI-nee
Translations: dark, gloomy, obscure, a dark (one)
From the root: ΣΚΟΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as dark, gloomy, or obscure. It can refer to a lack of light, but also metaphorically to something that is difficult to understand, hidden, or morally corrupt. It is used to qualify a feminine noun.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4655 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 16:344
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
- 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
- ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣ — of darkness, of gloom
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