Lexicon zophos: deep gloom Original Word: ζόφος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: zophos Phonetic Spelling: (dzof'-os) Short Definition: darkness, murkiness Definition: darkness, murkiness, gloom. HELPS word-Studies 2217 zóphos – murky, appalling gloom, referring to darkness so dense and foreboding it is "felt"; (figuratively) apocalyptic, gloomy darkness associated with the nether world (BAGD) bringing its indescribable despair (incredible gloom). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originakin to gnophosDefinitiondeep gloom NASB Translationblack (2), darkness (2), gloom (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2217: ζόφοςζόφος, ζόφου, ὁ (akin to γνόφος, δνόφος, νέφος, κνέφας, see Alexander Buttmann (1873) Lexil. ii., p. 266 (Fishlake's translation, p. 378); cf. Curtius, p. 706), darkness, blackness: Hebrews 12:18 L T Tr WH; as in Homer Iliad 15, 191; 21, 56, etc., used of the darkness of the nether world (cf. Grimm on Wis. 17:14), 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6; ζόφος τοῦ σκότους (cf. חֹשֶׁך־אֲפֵלָה, Exodus 10:22), the blackness of (i. e. the densest) darkness, 2 Peter 2:17; Jude 1:13. (Cf. Trench, § c.)
Strong's blackness, darkness, mist. Akin to the base of nephos; gloom (as shrouding like a cloud) -- blackness, darkness, mist. see GREEK nephos |
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