Word meanings
Short definition
(σκότος), [in LXX for חָשַׁךְ ;]
to darken; in NT always pass., -ομαι, to be darkened: of the heavenly bodies, Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24, Luk.23:45 (Rec., WH, mg.), Rev.8:12. Metaphorical, of the mind, Rom.1:21 11:10" (LXX) (cf. σκοτόω).†
(AS)
Strong's dictionary
from σκότος; to obscure (literally or figuratively):--darken.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Liddell-Scott-Jones)
make dark, τὸν θεὸν τὸν φωτίζοντα καὶ σκοτίζοντα τὸν κόσμον [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; get in the light of, ἐνέργειαν [Refs 1st c.BC+]; stupefy, σκορπίους [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be darkened, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; to be blinded, σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν [LXX+NT]; to be dizzy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
Every occurrence
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Matthew 24:29 σκοτισθήσεται skotisthēsetai · An action: will happen, done to him, her or it
But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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Mark 13:24 σκοτισθήσεται skotisthēsetai · An action: will happen, done to him, her or it
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
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Romans 1:21 ἐσκοτίσθη eskotisthē · An action: simple past, done to him, her or it
because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
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Romans 11:10 σκοτισθήτωσαν skotisthētōsan · A command to them: do this
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
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Revelation 8:12 σκοτισθῇ skotisthēa · An action that might happen: simple past, done to him, her or it
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; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.