Lectionary Calendar

Sunday, November 24th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34

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Bible Lexicons

Berry's Synonyms of the New TestamentBerry's NT Synonyms

Darkness

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.