G4654

σκοτίζω

skotizō

Verb · From σκότος (G4655)

From G4655; to obscure (literally or figuratively):—darken.

Outline

to cover with darkness, to darken
to be covered with darkness, be darkened

of heavenly bodies as deprived of light
metaph.

of the eyes
of the understanding
of the mind

Usages

Matthew 24:29

Breakdown

tribulation of those days The time of Jacob's trouble. sun be darkened and moon shall not give her light: Manyfold: The ash caused by the destruction will block out the sun and moon. Also represents the wisdom of America being destroyed. stars shall fall Represents the ICBM nuclear missiles. powers of the heavens The Edomites.

Precepts

Ezekiel 32:7 Revelation 8:12

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Mark 13:24

¶ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

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Ezekiel 32:7

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Luke 23:45

And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

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Romans 1:21

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

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Romans 11:10

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

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Ephesians 4:18

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

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Revelation 8:12

And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

Breakdown

Sun, moon and stars represent knowledge, wisdom and understanding. for a third part of it On one level referring to Esau (the third part of men; the three classifications of men: The Sons of God (The Israelites), The Sons of Men (the heathen nations) and The Sons of The Wicked (The Edomites)). The Edomites will not have the knowledge, wisdom or understanding to get out of the destruction. On another level, the missiles will darken the sun, moon and stars.

Precepts

Matthew 24:29 Ezekiel 32:7

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Revelation 9:2

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

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Referring to World War 1.

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