σκότος, -ους, τό, a form rare in cl. (cf. ὁ σ.) but freq. in LXX,
[chiefly for חֹשֶׁךְ;]
darkness: Mt 27:45, Mk 15:33, Lk 22:5323:44, Ac 2:20, II Co 4:6; τὰ κρυπτὰ τοῦ σ., I Co 4:5; of blindness, Mt 6:23, Ac 13:11; by meton., of a dark place, Mt 8:1222:1325:30, II Pe 2:17, Ju 13. Metaph., of moral and spiritual darkness: Lk 11:35, Jo 3:19, Ac 26:18, II Co 6:14, Eph 6:12, Col 1:13, I Pe 2:9; by meton., of those who are in spiritual darkness, Eph 5:8; τ. ἔργα τοῦ σ., Ro 13:12, Eph 5:11; οκότους εἶναι, I Th 5:5; ἐν σ. εἶναι, ib. 4; οἱ ἐν σ., Lk 1:79, Ro 2:19; ὁ λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σ., Mt 4:16(LXX) (WH. σκοτίᾳ); ἐν σ. περιπατεῖν, I Jo 1:6.†