What does σκοτία · λαλέω mean in the Bible?
σκοτία · λαλέω is a Greek phrase meaning "what you said in darkness".
Greek · G4653, G2980
ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ εἴπατε
Dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively) · to speak
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σκοτία G4653 dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation skotía
Spiritual blindness or moral ignorance, often contrasted with divine light and truth in John's theology
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λαλέω G2980 to speak
Pronunciation laléō
Speaking that emphasizes the act of utterance itself rather than the content or meaning of words
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What does ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ εἴπατε (en tē skotia eipate) mean in the Bible?
σκοτία · λαλέω is a Greek phrase meaning "what you said in darkness".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4653, G2980?
G4653, G2980 is connected to 17 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. what you said in darkness
Source Gloss
what you said in darkness
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 17 Case pattern Dative (10) Number pattern Singular (17)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine John 1:5 · John 6:17 · John 12:35 · 1 John 1:5 · 1 John 2:8 · 1 John 2:11 6×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine John 20:1 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:16 · Matt 10:27 · Luke 12:3 · John 1:5 · John 8:12 · John 12:35 · John 12:46 · 1 John 2:9 · 1 John 2:11 10×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 290 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 144 aorist 91 imperfect 25 future 15 perfect 15
Voice
active 268 passive 22
Mood
indicative 158 participle 69 infinitive 44 subjunctive 10 imperative 9
NT Occurrences
Matthew 9:18 λαλοῦντος present active participle participle Matthew 9:33 ἐλάλησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 10:19 λαλήσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 10:19 λαλήσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 10:20 λαλοῦντες present active participle participle Matthew 10:20 λαλοῦν present active participle participle Matthew 12:34 λαλεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 12:34 λαλεῖ present active indicative ongoing Matthew 12:36 λαλήσουσιν future active indicative prospective Matthew 12:46 λαλοῦντος present active participle participle Matthew 12:46 λαλῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 12:47 λαλῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 13:10 λαλεῖς present active indicative ongoing Matthew 13:13 λαλῶ present active indicative ongoing Matthew 13:3 ἐλάλησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:33 ἐλάλησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:34 ἐλάλησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:34 ἐλάλει imperfect active indicative background Matthew 14:27 ἐλάλησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 15:31 λαλοῦντας present active participle participle Matthew 17:5 λαλοῦντος present active participle participle Matthew 23:1 ἐλάλησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 26:13 λαληθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Matthew 26:47 λαλοῦντος present active participle participle Matthew 28:18 ἐλάλησεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 1:34 λαλεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Mark 2:2 ἐλάλει imperfect active indicative background Mark 2:7 λαλεῖ present active indicative ongoing Mark 4:33 ἐλάλει imperfect active indicative background Mark 4:34 ἐλάλει imperfect active indicative background Mark 5:35 λαλοῦντος present active participle participle Mark 5:36 λαλούμενον present passive participle participle Mark 6:50 ἐλάλησεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 7:35 ἐλάλει imperfect active indicative background Mark 7:37 λαλεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Mark 8:32 ἐλάλει imperfect active indicative background Mark 11:23 λαλεῖ present active indicative ongoing Mark 12:1 λαλεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Mark 13:11 λαλήσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 13:11 λαλεῖτε present active imperative imperative
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Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ εἴπατε is built from this root:
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