Word study · Greek

skótos

darkness

Say it: SKOT-os (approximate)

σκότος

What it means

Darkness, literal and moral. In 4:6 God, who said "Light shall shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts; in 6:14 Paul asks, "what communion has light with darkness?"

Range of meaning

  • DarknessAbsence of light.
  • Moral darknessIgnorance and evil.

In 2 Corinthians

  • Chapter 4

    "Light shall shine out of darkness" (4:6).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G4655 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources