- Original: σκοτία - Transliteration: Skotia - Phonetic: skot-ee'-ah - Definition: 1. darkness 2. the darkness due to want of light 3. metaph. used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery in hell - Origin: from G4655 - TDNT entry: 14:03,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G4655 ; dimness obscurity (literally or figuratively): - dark (-ness). Total KJV Occurrences: 10 • dark, 2 Joh 6:17; Joh 20:1 • darkness, 8 Joh 1:5(2); 1 John 1:5; 1 John 2:8; 1 John 2:9; 1 John 2:11(3)