ζόφος (zophos) means “darkness” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: dzof'-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ζόφος · zophos · darkness
ζόφος, -ου, ὁ (akin to γνόφος, which see), [in Sm.: Exo.10:22, Job.28:3, Psa.11:2 91:6, Isa.59:9 * ;] in Hom, the gloom of the under-world; hence, darkness, deep gloom (poët. and late prose writers): Heb.12:18, 2Pe.2:4 2:17, Ju 6 13.† ὁμίχλη, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX for עֲרָפֶל, etc. ;] a mist: 2Pe.2:17 SYN.: νέφος, νεφέλη, both thicker than ὁ (AS)
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darkness, murkiness, gloom.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| blackest | 2 |
| darkness | 1 |
| gloom | 1 |
| of darkness | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| blackness | 1 |
| darkness | 1 |
| of darkness | 1 |
| the mist | 1 |
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For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
Read word by wordFor if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
Read word by wordThese men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
Read word by wordAnd the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
Read word by wordThey are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
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