ζόφος, ὁ,

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1. nether darkness, ἱεμένων Ἔρεβόσδε ὑπὸ ζόφον Od. 20.356, cf. 11.155, Il. 21.56, Jud 1:6; Ἀΐδης δ’ ἔλαχε ζόφον ἠερόεντα obtained the realms of gloom for his share, Il. 15.191, cf. Od. 11.57, h.Cer. 402, 446, etc.; γῆς ὑπὸ ζόφον A. Pers. 839.

2. generally, gloom, darkness, Hes. Sc. 227, Plb. 18.20.7, Arist. Mu. 400a8, Heb 12:18, Plu. Alc. 28, Luc. DMort. 15.2; χειμέριος ζ. the gloom of winter, Pi. I. 4(3).18: metaph., τῆς ψυχῆς.. ζ. Plu. 2.48c.

II the dark quarter, i.e. the West, ἤδη γὰρ φάος οἴχεθ’ ὑπὸ ζόφον Od. 3.335; οὐ γὰρ ἴδμεν ὅπῃ ζ. οὐδ’ ὅπῃ ἠώς 10.190; ποτὶ ζόφον, opp. πρὸς ἠῶ τ’ ἠέλιόν τε, Il. 12.240, Od. 13.241, 9.26 (the North acc. to Str. 10.2.12); Γαδείρων τὸ πρὸς ζόφον to the west of.., Pi. N. 4.69. - Poet. and later Prose. (Prob. cogn. with ζέφυρος.)

ζόφος zophos 5x

    gloom, thick darkness, Heb 12:18; 2Pe 2:4; 2Pe 2:17; Jud 1:6; Jud 1:13

G2217 — ζόφος

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: Heb 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), 2Pe 2:4; Jude 1:6; ζόφος τοῦ σκότους (cf. חֹשֶׁך־אֲפֵלָה, Exo 10:22), the blackness of (i. e. the densest) darkness, 2Pe 2:17; Jude 1:13. (Cf. Trench, § c.)

** ζόφος , - ου , ὁ

(akin to γνόφος , q.v. ),

[in Sm .: Exo 10:22, Job 28:3, Psa 11:2; Psa 91:6, Isa 59:9 * ;]

in Hom , the gloom of the under-world; hence, darkness, deep gloom (poët. and late prose writers): Heb 12:18, 2Pe 2:4 ; 2Pe 2:17, Jud 1:6; Jud 1:13. †

ὁμίχλη , - ης , ἡ ,

[in LXX for H6205, etc.;]

a mist: 2Pe 2:17

SYN.: νέφος G3509, νεφέλη G3507, both thicker than ὁ .

詞類次數：名詞（4）

原文字根：陰暗 相當於：H652（אֹפֶל‎） H653（אֲפֵלָה‎）

字義溯源：（如暴風雨時的）幽暗，黑暗，地獄；源自（G3509（νέφος）*=雲）。參讀G1105（γνόφος）同義字

出現次數：總共（4）；彼後（2）；猶（2）

譯字彙編：

1）幽暗（2）彼後2:17；猶1:13；

2）黑暗（1）猶1:6；

3）黑暗的（1）彼後2:4