- Original: ζόφος - Transliteration: Zophos - Phonetic: dzof'-os - Definition: 1. darkness, blackness a. used of the darkness of the nether world - Origin: akin to the base of G3509 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Akin to the base of G3509 ; gloom (as shrouding like a cloud): - blackness darkness mist. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • blackness, 1 Jude 1:13 • darkness, 2 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6 • mist, 1 2 Peter 2:17