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; Jud_1:6; ζόφος τοῦ σκότους (cf. ηΙωΖΡκΞΰΒτΕμΘδ, Exo_10:22), the blackness of (i. e. the densest) darkness, 2Pe_2:17; Jud_1:13. (Cf. Trench, § c.)

ζόφος zophos 5x gloom, thick darkness, Heb_12:18 ; 2Pe_2:4 ; 2Pe_2:17 ; Jud_1:6 ; Jud_1:13

** 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 (poλt. 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 .

ζόφος [page 274] For the corresponding adj. see Vett. Val. p. 312 .32 διὰ τὸ ζοφῶδες τοῦ ἀέρος . The subst. is cited by Thumb ( Hellen. pp. 218, 225) as amongst the poetic words, which have passed into general use in the Κοινή . MGr ζοφός , dark.

ζόφος ζόφος, ὁ, "the gloom of the world below, nether darkness", Hom. , Aesch. :—generally, "gloom, darkness", Hes. , Pind. "the dark quarter", i. e. "the west", opposed to ἠώς, Hom. : cf. Ζέφυρος.

ζόφος, -ου, ὁ (akin to γνόφος, which see), [in Sm.: Exo.10:22, Job.28:3, Psa.11:2 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 2:17, Ju 6 13.† ὁμίχλη, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX for עֲרָפֶל, etc. ;] a mist: 2Pe.2:17 SYN.: νέφος, νεφέλη, both thicker than ὁ (AS)