Zóphos — G2217

Definition

masculine noun

gloom (as shrouding like a cloud)

1. 21, 56, etc., used of the darkness of the nether world

Usually translated as

darkness, blackness, mist

Origin

akin to the base of G3509

• néphos (G3509)

Occurrences

Zóphos occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Peter (2), Jude (2)

• 2 Peter 2:4 — For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness (ζόφου), to be reserved unto judgment;
• 2 Peter 2:17 — These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist (ζόφος) of darkness is reserved for ever.
• Jude 1:6 — And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness (ζόφον) unto the judgment of the great day.
• Jude 1:13 — Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness (ζόφος) of darkness for ever.