Zophos ζόφος
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| ζόφος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | zophos |
| Strong's number | G2217 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | darkness |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Peter (2) |
Zophos (Greek ζόφος, Strong's G2217) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “darkness”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
ζόφος, -ου, ὁ
(akin to γνόφος, which see), [in Sm.: Exo.10:22, Job.28:3, Psa.11:2 91:6, Isa.59:9 * ;]
in Hom, the gloom of the under-world; hence, darkness, deep gloom (poët. and late prose writers): Heb.12:18, 2Pe.2:4 2:17, Ju 6 13.†
ὁμίχλη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX for עֲרָפֶל, etc. ;]
a mist: 2Pe.2:17
SYN.: νέφος, νεφέλη, both thicker than ὁ (AS)
(akin to γνόφος, which see), [in Sm.: Exo.10:22, Job.28:3, Psa.11:2 91:6, Isa.59:9 * ;]
in Hom, the gloom of the under-world; hence, darkness, deep gloom (poët. and late prose writers): Heb.12:18, 2Pe.2:4 2:17, Ju 6 13.†
ὁμίχλη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX for עֲרָפֶל, etc. ;]
a mist: 2Pe.2:17
SYN.: νέφος, νεφέλη, both thicker than ὁ (AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | darkness (2), mist (1), blackness (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | darkness (2), blackest (2), gloom (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Zophos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Hebrews
- Hebrews 12:18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
2 Peter
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- 2 Peter 2:17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
Jude
- Jude 1:6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).