Pronunciations

שְׁקוֹטוֹש (ΣΚΟ-τος) listen

Definitions

  • Σκοτεινιά, ο ζόφος

Example Sentences

  • το φως παρά του σκότους

Languages of Origin

  • Greek

Etymology

  • αρχ. σκότος

    • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

      Regions

      • Other (please describe in Notes section)
      • Macedonia
      • Thrace
      • Epirus
      • Ionian Islands
      • Central Greece
      • Thessaly
      • Peloponnese
      • Aegean Islands
      • Crete

      Dictionaries

      • Nicholas de Lange, Greek Jewish Texts from the Cairo Genizah, J. C. B. Mohr, Tubingen, 1996

Notes

  • Λέξη καθημερινής, πρακτικής, αλλά και θρησκευτικής χρήσης.

    βλ. Τεγόπουλος-Φυτράκης, Ελληνικό Λεξικό, Αθήνα, Αρμονία, 1990

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