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)

the gloom of the under-world; darkness; deep gloom