4656. skotoó

Strong's Lexicon

skotoó: To darken, to obscure

Original Word: σκοτόω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: skotoó
Pronunciation: sko-to'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (skot-o'-o)
Definition: To darken, to obscure
Meaning: (lit. or met.) I darken.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word σκότος (skotos), meaning "darkness."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The concept of darkness in the Hebrew Bible is often represented by the word חֹשֶׁךְ (choshek), Strong's Hebrew 2822, which similarly conveys the idea of physical and spiritual darkness.

Usage: The verb "skotoó" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of darkening or obscuring, often in a metaphorical sense. It can refer to the darkening of the mind or understanding, indicating a lack of spiritual insight or enlightenment. This term is used to convey the idea of being spiritually blinded or unable to perceive the truth.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, light and darkness were commonly used metaphors for knowledge and ignorance, good and evil, or divine presence and absence. The concept of spiritual enlightenment versus darkness was prevalent in Jewish and early Christian thought, where light symbolized God's truth and presence, while darkness represented sin, ignorance, and separation from God.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 4656 skotóō – to darken; (figuratively) to produce a condition of moral, spiritual darkness (obscurity, blindness). See 4654 (skotizō).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from skotos
Definition
to darken
NASB Translation
darkened (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4656: σκοτόω

σκοτόω, σκότῳ: passive, perfect participle ἐσκοτωμενος; 1 aorist ἐσκοτώθην; (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 171); (σκότος); to darken, cover with darkness: Revelation 9:2 L T WH; ; metaphorically, to darken or blind the mind: σκοτώμενοι τῇ διάνοια, Ephesians 4:18 L T Tr WH. ((Sophocles), Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, others; the Sept..)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

to darken

From skotos; to obscure or blind (literally or figuratively) -- be full of darkness.

see GREEK skotos

Forms and Transliterations

εσκοτωθη εσκοτώθη ἐσκοτώθη εσκοτώθην εσκοτώθησαν εσκοτωμενη εσκοτωμένη ἐσκοτωμένη εσκοτωμενοι ἐσκοτωμένοι εσκότωται σκοτωθείη eskotomene eskotoméne eskotōmenē eskotōménē eskotomenoi eskotoménoi eskotōmenoi eskotōménoi eskotothe eskotōthē eskotṓthe eskotṓthē

Englishman's Concordance

Ephesians 4:18 V-RPM/P-NMP
GRK: ἐσκοτωμένοι τῇ διανοίᾳ
NAS: being darkened in their understanding,
INT: being darkened in the understanding

Revelation 9:2 V-AIP-3S
GRK: μεγάλης καὶ ἐσκοτώθη ὁ ἥλιος
NAS: and the air were darkened by the smoke
INT: great and was darkened the sun

Revelation 16:10 V-RPM/P-NFS
GRK: βασιλεία αὐτοῦ ἐσκοτωμένη καὶ ἐμασῶντο
NAS: became darkened; and they gnawed
KJV: was full of darkness; and
INT: kingdom of it darkened and they were gnawing

Strong's Greek 4656
3 Occurrences

ἐσκοτωμένη — 1 Occ.
ἐσκοτωμένοι — 1 Occ.
ἐσκοτώθη — 1 Occ.