What does κοσμοκράτωρ · σκότος · οὗτος mean in the Bible?
κοσμοκράτωρ · σκότος · οὗτος is a Greek phrase meaning "world-rulers of this darkness, powers governing this present darkness".
Greek · G2888, G4655, G3778
κοσμοκράτορας τοῦ σκότους τούτου
A world-ruler, an epithet of Satan · darkness · this/he/she/it
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κοσμοκράτωρ G2888 a world-ruler, an epithet of Satan
Pronunciation kosmokrátōr
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σκότος G4655 darkness
Pronunciation skótos
Physical and spiritual darkness; moral/spiritual blindness and evil's domain in NT theology
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οὗτος G3778 this/he/she/it
Pronunciation hoûtos
Demonstrates proximity or immediacy; contrasts with ἐκεῖνος (that) as near versus distant.
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What does κοσμοκράτορας τοῦ σκότους τούτου (kosmokratoras tou skotous toutou) mean in the Bible?
κοσμοκράτωρ · σκότος · οὗτος is a Greek phrase meaning "world-rulers of this darkness, powers governing this present darkness".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2888, G4655, G3778?
G2888, G4655, G3778 is connected to 1 lexical occurrence verse in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. world-rulers of this darkness, powers governing this present darkness
Source Gloss
world-rulers of this darkness, powers governing this present darkness
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Eph 6:12 1×
Word Origins
κοσμοκράτορας τοῦ σκότους τούτου is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain