John 20:1:11John.20.1.W11TAB
σκοτίας
skotias
“darkness”
- Transliteration
- sko-TI-as
- Extended
- sko-TI-as
- IPA
- /skoˈti.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- darkness
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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sko-TI-as
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TÊI DE mi-AI TÔN sab-BA-tôn ma-RI-a HÊ mag-da-lê-NÊ ER-khe-tai prō-I sko-TI-as E-TI OU-SÊS EIS TO mnê-MEI-on
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TÊI DE mi-AI TÔN sab-BA-tôn ma-RI-a HÊ mag-da-lê-NÊ ER-khe-tai prō-I sko-TI-as E-TI OU-SÊS EIS TO mnê-MEI-on KAI BLE-pei TON LI-thon êr-ME-non EK TOU mnê-MEI-ou
Exegesis
The genitive absolute prōi skotias eti ousēs {πρωῒ σκοτίας ἔτι οὔσης | prōï sko-tí-as éti oû-sēs}, literally “early, darkness still being,” functions as a circumstantial temporal clause, indicating that Mary arrives before daylight has broken.
Root and etymology
skotossigma–kappa–omicron–tau–omicron–sigma
“darkness, gloom”
In context — John 20:1
But on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came early, while it was still dark, to the tomb , and she saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
About this coordinate
John 20:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of John 20:1, so the Greek word σκοτίας (skotias) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.20.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.1.W11.S1) and character.