Word Study · Strong's G2217 · Greek
ζόφος
zophos
dzof'-os
Strong's 1890 spelling: zóphos
“gloom (as shrouding like a cloud)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
gloom (as shrouding like a cloud)
Rendered in the KJV as
blackness, darkness, mist.
- 5occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- ζόφος2
- ζόφον1
- ζόφου1
- ζόφῳ1
How it is rendered · 4
- gloom2
- darkness1
- of gloomy darkness1
- to gloom1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM · 2
- N-ASM · 1
- N-DSM · 1
- N-GSM · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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2 Peter2 occurrences
- 2 Peter 2:4ζόφουzophounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularFor if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;here: of gloomy darkness
- 2 Peter 2:17ζόφοςzophosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThese men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.here: gloom
Jude2 occurrences
- Jude 1:6ζόφονzophonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularAnd the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.here: darkness
- Jude 1:13ζόφοςzophosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThey are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.here: gloom