Definition

opaque, i.e. (figuratively) benighted

Etymology

from G4655 (σκότος);

Word family

• σκότος skótos

How the KJV renders it

• dark
• full of darkness

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.