σκοτία (skotia) means “darkness” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: skot-ee'-ah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
σκοτία · skotia · darkness
σκοτία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Job.28:3 (אֹפֶל), Mic.3:6 (חָשַׁךְ), Isa.16:3 * ;] in late writers = σκότος, darkness: Jhn.6:17 20:1. Metaphorical, (a) of secrecy (opposite to ἐν τ. φωτί): Mat.10:27, Luk.12:3; (b) of spiritual darkness: Mat.4:16, Jhn.1:5 8:12 12:35, 40, 1Jn.1:5 Jn 2:8-9 Jn 2:11.† (AS)
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darkness; fig: spiritual darkness.
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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 |
|---|---|
| darkness | 13 |
| dark | 4 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| darkness | 11 |
| dark | 2 |
| the darkness | 2 |
| that darkness | 1 |
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What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Read word by wordWhat you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Read word by wordThe Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Read word by wordgot into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.
Read word by wordOnce again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Read word by wordThen Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Read word by wordI have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
Read word by wordEarly on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
Read word by wordAnd this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
Read word by wordThen again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
Read word by wordIf anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
Read word by wordBut whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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