† σκοτία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX: Jb 28:3 (אֹפֶל), Mi 3:6 (חָשְׁכָה), Is 16:3 *;]
in late writers = σκότος,
darkness: Jo 6:1720:1. Metaph.,
(a) of secrecy (opp. to ἐν τ. φωτί): Mt 10:27, Lk 12:3;
(b) of spiritual darkness: Mt 4:16, Jo 1:58:1212:35, 46, I Jo 1:52:8, 9, 11.†