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ζόφος

MainId: 002230000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: ζ

StrongCodes: G2217

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002230001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ζόφος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002230001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 14.57

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physical Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Darkness

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-21 10:36:41

         DefinitionShort: a condition of darkness associated with feelings of despair and foreboding

         Glosses: ['gloom', 'darkness']

         Comments: In {S:05801201800022} {L:γνόφος} ‘darkness’ ({D:14.53}) and ζόφος may be combined to form a phrase such as ‘fearful darkness’ or ‘darkness that causes fear’ or ‘fear because of darkness.’

      LEXReferences: HEB 12:18, 2PET 2:4, YUD 1:6

   2. LEXID: 002230001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 1.24

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Geographical Objects and Features

      LEXSubDomains: Regions Below the Surface of the Earth

      LEXCollocations: ὁ ζόφος τοῦ σκότους

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-21 10:36:41

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: the gloom of darkness) the dark, gloomy nature of hell as a place of punishment

         Glosses: ['gloomy hell', 'black darkness']

      LEXReferences: 2PET 2:17, YUD 1:13