σκότος

σκότος — skótos

σκότος, σκότου, σκοτου, ὁ (cf. σκοτία, at the beginning), from Homer down, darkness: Heb 12:18 Rec. (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 158; Winer's Grammar, 66 (64); B 22 (20)).

STRONGS NT 4655: σκότοςσκότος, σκότους, τό, from Pindar down (see the preceding word, and σκοτία, at the beginning), the Sept. chiefly for חֹשֶׁך, darkness;

a. properly: Mat 27:45; Mar 15:33; Luk 23:44; Act 2:20; 2Co 4:6; αὕτη ἐστιν ἡ ἐξουσία τοῦ σκότους, this is the power of (night's) darkness, i. e. it has the power of rendering men bold to commit crimes, Luk 22:53; τά κρυπτά τοῦ σκότους (see κρυπτός), 1Co 4:5; of darkened eyesight or blindness: σκότος ἐπιπίπτει ἐπί τινα i. e. on one deprived of sight, Act 13:11; in figurative discourse, εἰ οὖν..., τό σκότος πόσον; if the light that is in thee is darkness, darkened (i. e. if the soul has lost its perceptive power), how great is the darkness (how much more deplorable than bodily blindness), Mat 6:23, cf. Luk 11:35. by metonymy, put for a dark place: Mat 8:12; Mat 22:13; Mat 25:30 (see ἐξώτερος); ζόφος τοῦ σκότους (see ζόφος), 2Pe 2:17; Jud 1:13.

b. metaphorically, of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery (see σκοτία): Joh 3:19; Act 26:18; 2Co 6:14; Eph 6:12; Col 1:13; 1Pe 2:9; (abstract for the concrete) persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway, Eph 5:8; τά ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, deeds done in darkness, harmonizing with it, Rom 13:12; Eph 5:11; σκότους εἶναι, to be given up to the power of darkness (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 5 a.), 1Th 5:5; ἐν σκότει εἶναι, 1Th 5:4; οἱ ἐν σκότει, Luk 1:79; Rom 2:19; ὁ λαός ὁ καθήμενος ἐν ἐκοτει, Mat 4:16 R G T; ἐν σκότει περιπατεῖν, 1Jn 1:6.