UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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σκοτόω

MainId: 004560000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4656

AlternateLemmas: σκοτόομαι

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004560001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'σκοτίζομαι', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004560001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 14.55

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physical Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Darkness

      LEXForms: σκοτόομαι[a]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-12 14:49:03

         DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:σκότος}[a] ‘darkness,’ {D:14.53}) to change from a condition of being light to one of being dark

         Glosses: to become dark

         Comments: In {S:06600900200036} it may not be difficult to speak of ‘the air becoming dark,’ since this would mean the space above the earth, but it may be difficult to speak of ‘the sun becoming dark.’ In the latter instance, for both {S:06600900200036} and {S:04002402900022}, one may say ‘the sun will no longer shine’ or ‘the sun will not give its light.’|In place of ‘the air became dark,’ it is also possible to speak of ‘the sky will become dark.’

      LEXReferences: REV 9:2, REV 16:10

   2. LEXID: 004560001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 32.44

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Understand

      LEXSubDomains: Lack of Capacity for Understanding

      LEXForms: σκοτόομαι[b]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-12 14:49:03

         DefinitionShort: (figurative extension of meaning of {L:σκοτόω}[a] ‘to become dark,’ {D:14.55}) to become unable to perceive and thus unable to understand

         Glosses: ['to be incapable of perceiving', 'to not be able to understand']

         Comments: It is rare that one can combine the concept of ‘becoming dark’ with incapacity to understand or comprehend. Sometimes a parallel figure of speech may be employed by using an expression such as ‘to not be able to see.’ For example, in {S:04500102100036} it is sometimes possible to translate ‘their foolish minds became unable to see the truth,’ and in {S:04900401800002} it is sometimes possible to translate ‘they were not able to see with their minds.’

      LEXReferences: EPH 4:18