Quick Definition
σκοτεινός, ή, όν Adj full of darkness, dark
Strong's Definition
from 4655; opaque, i.e. (figuratively) benighted
KJV Usage: dark, full of darkness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκοτεινός [WH σκοτινός ; see 1, ε], τή, τόν, (σκότος), full of darkness, covered with darkness, [fr. Aeschyl. down]: opp. to φωτεινός, Mt. vi. 23; Lk. xi. 34, 36, (ra σκοτεινὰ x. τὰ φωτεινά, Xen. mem. 3, 10, 1; [ef. 4, 3, 4]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκοτεινός skoteinos 3x
dark, Mt. 6:23; Lk. 11:34, 36*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σκοτεινός (WH. -τινός), -ή, -όν
(< σκότος), [in LXX chiefly for חֹשֶׁךְ and cogn. forms ;]
dark: opp. to φωτεινός, Mt 6:23, Lk 11:34, 36.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκοτεινός (skoteinos) — dark. σκοτειν-ός, ή, όν, (σκότος) dark, νυκτὸς ἅρμ᾽ ἐπείγεται σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. περιβολαί, of a scabbard, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ὁδοί] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ τὸ σ. προϊδεῖν in the darkness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a person, blind, καίπερ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. the dark shadows in a picture, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, σκοτεινὸν ζῆν to live in privacy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, dark, obscure, opposed to ἐλλόγιμος καὶ φανός, [Refs]; Heraclitus was called ὁ σκοτεινός, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ἀκοαί obscure reports, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. μηχανήματα dark, secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb, -νῶς διαλέγεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. probably falsa lectio for{κοτ-} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]