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σκότος

MainId: 004559000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4655

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004559001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: σκότος
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ους
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'σκοτίζομαι', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004559001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 14.53
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Physical Events and States
  LEXSubDomains: Darkness
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-12 14:46:32
    DefinitionShort: a condition resulting from the partial or complete absence of light (see {D:14.36})
    Glosses: darkness
    Comments: In a number of languages it is impossible to speak of ‘darkness’ as being an agent in the sense of {S:04202304400016} ‘darkness covered the whole country.’ Accordingly, one must say ‘throughout the whole country it was dark’ or ‘it darkened over the whole country.’ In some languages darkness may be characterized as being a quality of the night, for example, ‘it was like night.’
  LEXReferences: MAT 27:45, MARK 15:33, LUKE 1:79, LUKE 11:35, LUKE 22:53, LUKE 23:44, ACTs 2:20, ACTs 13:11, 1COR 4:5, 2COR 4:6, 1TH 5:4, 1TH 5:5, 1YHN 1:6
2. LEXID: 004559001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 88.125
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior
  LEXSubDomains: Bad, Evil, Harmful, Damaging
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-12 14:46:32
    DefinitionShort: (figurative extension of meaning of {L:σκότος}[a] ‘darkness,’ {D:14.53}) the realm of sin and evil
    Glosses: ['evil world', 'realm of evil', 'darkness']
    Comments: It is possible that in {S:05100101300016} σκότος[b] is a figurative reference to the Devil or Satan, since ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ σκότους is in a parallel relationship with τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἀγάπης αὐτοῦ.
  LEXReferences: MAT 4:16, MAT 6:23, MAT 6:23, YHN 3:19, ACTs 26:18, ROM 2:19, ROM 13:12, 1COR 4:5, 2COR 6:14, EPH 5:8, EPH 5:11, EPH 6:12, COL 1:13, 1TH 5:4, 1PET 2:9, 2PET 2:17, 1YHN 1:6
3. LEXID: 004559001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  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: 2022-02-12 14:46:32
    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: YUD 1:13
4. LEXID: 004559001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 1.23
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Geographical Objects and Features
  LEXSubDomains: Regions Below the Surface of the Earth
  LEXCollocations: τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-12 14:46:32
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: the outer darkness) a place or region which is both dark and removed (presumably from the abode of the righteous) and serving as the abode of evil spirits and devils
    Glosses: ['outer darkness', 'darkness outside']
    Comments: In a number of languages this expression in {S:04000801200018} must be rendered as ‘they will be thrown outside where it is dark.’
  LEXReferences: MAT 8:12, MAT 22:13, MAT 25:30