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)