What does σκοτεινός (skoteinós) mean in the Bible?
σκοτεινός (skoteinós): Spiritual/moral darkness in contrast to light; used metaphorically for evil and blindness to truth
Greek · G4652
σκοτεινός
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σκοτεινός G4652
Pronunciation skoteinós
What does σκοτεινός (skoteinós) mean in the Bible?
σκοτεινός (skoteinós): Spiritual/moral darkness in contrast to light; used metaphorically for evil and blindness to truth
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How does the BSB render G4652?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [is] full of darkness (1), full of darkness (1), in darkness (1).
Where does σκοτεινός (skoteinós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [is] full of darkness 1× Luke 11:34
full of darkness 1× Matthew 6:23
in darkness 1× Luke 11:36
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 6:23
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Luke 2
Source forms
σκοτεινόν 2x skoteinon Luke 11:34, Luke 11:36
σκοτεινὸν 1x skoteinon Matthew 6:23
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Matthew 6:23, Luke 11:34
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 11:36
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Spiritual/moral darkness in contrast to light; used metaphorically for evil and blindness to truth
Strong's G4652
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
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Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:23 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
σκοτεινὸν skoteinon
full of darkness, dark
Read verse Luke 11:34 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
σκοτεινόν. skoteinon
full of darkness, dark
Read verse Luke 11:36 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
σκοτεινόν, skoteinon
full of darkness, dark
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 6:23 · Luke 11:34 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 11:36 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Witnesses
Luke 11:33–36 σκοτεινόν skoteinós
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Word Origins
σκοτεινός is built from this root:
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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