Dictionary entry

ζόφος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

** ζόφος, -ου, ὁ

(akin to γνόφος, q.v.), [in Sm.: Ex 10:22, Jb 28:3, Ps 10(11):2 90(91):6, Is 59:9*;]

in Hom. the gloom of the under-world; hence, darkness, deep gloom (poët. and late prose writers): He 12:18, II Pe 2:4, 17, Ju 6, 13.†