Σκότος

darkness

Translated by Marcelo Boeri28 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

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In the Holy Scripture ['darkness' is] sometimes ignorance, and sometimes also misfortunes. And 'light' in the same way [is] knowledge and the release of [= from] evils.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σκότος· παρὰ τῇ θείᾳ γραφῇ ποτὲ μὲν ἡ ἄγνοια, ποτὲ δὲ καὶ αἱ συμφοραί. καὶ φῶς ὡσαύτως ἡ γνῶσις καὶ ἡ τῶν κακῶν ἀπαλλάγη.

Betacode

*sko/tos: para\ th=| qei/a| grafh=| pote\ me\n h( a)/gnoia, pote\ de\ kai\ ai( sumforai/. kai\ fw=s w(sau/tws h( gnw=sis kai\ h( tw=n kakw=n a)palla/gh.

Notes

Theodoret (PG 80, 1781b) on Psalm 111.4 LXX.
For this headword see also sigma 680, sigma 681, sigma 682.

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σ680ΣκότοςdarknessMasculine. Aelian [writes]: "and through the whole day there was very deep darkness, although the [weather] of the season was not at all stormy."

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σ681Σκότοςdarkness σ682Σκότοςdarkness σ683Σκότοςdarkness σ684Σκώληξearthworm σ685ΣκώλιαSkolia, Askolia

Revision history4 revisions · last 26 May 2016

26 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
30 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
29 Jun 2009tweaked tr; supplied notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
28 Jun 2009tweaked tr., added keyword, set status — William Hutton
28 Jun 2009Translated — Marcelo Boeri

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes

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