- Transliteration: Skotos

- Phonetic: skot'-os

- Definition:

1. darkness

a. of night darkness

b. of darkened eyesight or blindness

2. metaph.

a. of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell

b. persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway

- Origin: from the base of G4639" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4639

- TDNT entry: 14:03,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: From the base of G4639" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4639; shadiness that is obscurity (literally or figuratively): - darkness.