adjective

skuthrōpos

Greekσκυθρωπός (skuthrōpos)

Strong’sG4659

gloomy, sad-countenanced

stem skuthrōp-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

gloomy1×looking sad1×

What it means

σκυθρωπός, -όν (also -ή, -όν)

(< σκυθρός, sullen, + ὤψ), [in LXX: Ge 40:7 (רַע), etc.;]

of a gloomy countenance: Mt 6:16, Lk 24:17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4659 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidskoo-thro-pos'

angry-visaged, i.e. gloomy or affecting a mournful appearance

Fromfrom σκυθρός (sullen) and a derivative of G3700;

King Jamesof a sad countenance.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	skuthrōpos	skuthrōpas	skuthrōpem	skuthrōpois2×σκυθρωποί	skuthrōpais	skuthrōpeim
object accusative	skuthrōpon	skuthrōpan		skuthrōpoin	skuthrōpain
direct address vocative	skuthrōpor	skuthrōpar		skuthrōpoir	skuthrōpair
of, belonging to genitive	skuthrōpou	skuthrōpau	skuthrōpeu	skuthrōpoiu	skuthrōpaiu	skuthrōpeiu
to, for dative	skuthrōpo	skuthrōpa	skuthrōpe	skuthrōpoi	skuthrōpai	skuthrōpei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

skuthrōpstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

skuthrōp is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

skuthrōpois“gloomy”subjectnominative plural2×

Matthew 6:16“gloomy”Hotan de nēsteuaveiō, mē ginevōr hōs tois hupokritois skuthrōpois, afanizalō gar teim prosōpeim autoiu hopōs fainileia toi anthrōpoi nēsteuarōtois; amēn legamō vi, apechalō ton misthon autoiu.When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Luke 24:17“looking sad”legata de pros autoin; Tinois tois logois houtois hoin antiballavō pros allēloin peripatarōtois? kai histanila skuthrōpois.He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.