"gloom, thick darkness, Heb. 12:18; 2 Pet. 2:4, 17; Jude 6, 13*"
Definition and meaning
gloom, thick darkness, Heb. 12:18; 2 Pet. 2:4, 17; Jude 6, 13*
In the original Greek the word is written: ζόφος
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of zophos (G2217) across the King James Bible.
For 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;
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
And 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.
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
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Common questions
Strong's G2217 (zophos) is a Greek word that means: gloom, thick darkness, Heb. 12:18; 2 Pet. 2:4, 17; Jude 6, 13* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word zophos (G2217) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2217 is zophos, a Greek word defined as: gloom, thick darkness, Heb. 12:18; 2 Pet. 2:4, 17; Jude 6, 13*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
zophos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.