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darkness

Dictionary of Biblical Words:

This word is often unscripturally used in speaking of the state of other Christians. In the Bible it denotes the present condition of the unsaved (Eph. 5:8⁸For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (Ephesians 5:8), 1 Peter 2:9⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:9), &c), and the eternal condition of the lost (Matt. 8:12¹²But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 8:12), 2 Peter 2:17¹⁷These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. (2 Peter 2:17), Jude 13¹³Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. (Jude 13), &c). It is a state out of which we are brought when we believe in Christ. God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. Satan and his angels are the rulers of the darkness of this world, and “his kingdom is full of darkness” (See LIGHT).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

4655 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

σκότος

Transliteration:

skotos

Phonic:

skot’-os

Meaning:

from the base of 4639; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage:

darkness