Quick Definition
σκοτία, ας, ἡ n.f. darkness
Strong's Definition
from 4655; dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: dark(-ness)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | σκοτίζομαι
14.53 · Physical Events and States · Darkness
Collocation: ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ
darkness a condition resulting from the partial or complete absence of light (see 14.36) In a number of languages it is impossible to speak of ‘darkness’ as being an agent in the sense of LUK 23:44 ‘darkness covered the whole country.’ Accordingly, one must say ‘throughout the whole country it was dark’ or ‘it darkened over the whole country.’ In some languages darkness may be characterized as being a quality of the night, for example, ‘it was like night.’
MAT 10:27 · LUK 12:3 · JHN 6:17 · JHN 12:35 · JHN 20:1 · 1JN 1:5
88.125 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Bad, Evil, Harmful, Damaging
evil world, realm of evil, darkness (figurative extension of meaning σκοτία[a] ‘darkness,’ 14.53) the realm of sin and evil
JHN 1:5 · JHN 1:5 · JHN 8:12 · JHN 12:35 · JHN 12:46 · 1JN 1:5 · 1JN 2:8 · 1JN 2:9 · 1JN 2:11 · 1JN 2:11 · 1JN 2:11
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκοτία, -as, 7, [on its deriv. ef. σκηνή], (Thom. Mag. σκύτος κ. τὸ σκύτος" TO δὲ σκοτία οὐκ ἐν χρήσει sc. in Attic {cf. Moeris 8. v.; L. and S.s. v. σκύτος, fin.]), darkness: prop. the darkness due to want of daylight, Jn. vi. 17; xx. 13 ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ (λαλεῖν τι), unseen, in secret, (i. q. ἐν κρυπτῷ. Jn. xviii. 20), privily, in private, opp. to ἐν τῷ φωτί, Mt. x. 27; Lk. xii. 3; metaph. used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery: Mt. iv. 16 LTrWH; Jn. i. 5; viii. 12; xii. 35, 46; 1 Jn. i. δ: ii, 8 sq. 11. (Ap. Rh 4, 1698; Anth. 8, 187. 190; for πε τα Mic. iii. 6; for de& Job xxviii. 3.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκοτία skotia 16x
darkness, Jn. 6:17; 20:1; privacy, Mt. 10:27; Lk. 12:3; met. moral or spiritual darkness, Jn. 1:5 (2x); 8:12; 12:35, 46; 1 Jn. 1:5; 2:8, 9, 11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† σκοτία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX: Jb 28:3 (אֹפֶל), Mi 3:6 (חָשְׁכָה), Is 16:3 * ;]
in late writers = σκότος,
darkness: Jo 6:17 20:1. Metaph.,
of secrecy (opp. to ἐν τ. φωτί): Mt 10:27, Lk 12:3;
of spiritual darkness: Mt 4:16, Jo 1:5 8:12 12:35, 46, I Jo 1:5 2:8, 9, 11.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκοτία (skotia) — darkness. σκοτί-α, ἡ, (σκότος) darkness, gloom, [NT+3rd c.BC+]
II. in Architecture, scotia, cavetto, a sunken moulding, so called from the dark shadow it casts, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III. Σκοτιά, epithet of Aphrodite in Egypt, [Refs]