Skoteinós — G4652

Definition

adjective

opaque, i.e. (figuratively) benighted

Usually translated as

full of darkness, dark

Origin

from G4655

• skótos (G4655)

Occurrences

Skoteinós occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (2)

• Matthew 6:23 — But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness (σκοτεινόν). If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
• Luke 11:34 — The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness (σκοτεινόν).
• Luke 11:36 — If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark (σκοτεινόν), the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.