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Darkness

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σκότος, γνόφος, ζόφος, ἀχλύς.

σκότος is a general word, meaning darkness in any sense. γνόφος usually refers to darkness that accompanies a storm. ζόφος meant originally the gloom of twilight. It was then applied in classical Greek to the darkness of the underworld, the gloom of a sunless region. The latter meaning seems to be practically the one which the word has in the N.T. ἀχλύς is specifically a misty darkness.

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Berry, George Ricker. Entry for 'Darkness'. Synonyms of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/​lexicons/​eng/​berry/​darkness.html. 1897.
 
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