The meaning of “ζόφος”
Understanding zóphos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
akin to the base of νέφος blackness, darkness, mist. - gloom (as shrouding like a cloud)
ζόφος
akin to the base of νέφος blackness, darkness, mist. - gloom (as shrouding like a cloud)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Peter 2:4 | “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;” Word: ζόφος (zóphos) | |
| 2 Peter 2:17 | “These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.” Word: ζόφος (zóphos) | |
| Jude 1:6 | “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.” Word: ζόφος (zóphos) | |
| Jude 1:13 | “Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.” Word: ζόφος (zóphos) |