Worship With Us Sunday School10 AM Sunday Morning11 AM Sunday Evening4 PM Thursday Night7 PM
1377 S 20th St, Louisville, KY 40210 Contact
True Words Baptist Church — Revelation 21:5
My TWBC Plan Your Visit Give
DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Dark

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

43exact KJV occurrences 39Old Testament 4New Testament 21books containing the word 17mapped Strong's IDs 36occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 15:17

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

Read in context →
LAST OCCURRENCE

2 Peter 1:19

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Read in context →
KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where dark appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 11 verses Leviticus 55 verses Numbers 11 verses Joshua 11 verses 2 Samuel 11 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Job 55 verses Psalms 77 verses Proverbs 22 verses Isaiah 22 verses Jeremiah 11 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 44 verses Daniel 11 verses Joel 11 verses Amos 22 verses Micah 21 verses Zechariah 11 verses Luke 11 verses John 22 verses 2 Peter 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH2822
חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek · kho-shek'

7 times translated as this KJV form80 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

Strong's KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Joshua 2:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 8:12

Open full H2822 profile →
GreekG4653
σκοτία

skotía · skot-ee'-ah

2 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences

dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--dark(-ness).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: John 6:17Strong's last: John 20:1

Open full G4653 profile →
GreekG850
αὐχμηρός

auchmērós · owkh-may-ros'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

properly, dirty, i.e. (by implication) obscure

Strong's KJV usage: :--dark.

Strong's first: 2 Peter 1:19Strong's last: 2 Peter 1:19

Open full G850 profile →
GreekG4652
σκοτεινός

skoteinós · skot-i-nos'

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

opaque, i.e. (figuratively) benighted

Strong's KJV usage: :--dark, full of darkness.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 11:36Strong's last: Luke 11:36

Open full G4652 profile →
HebrewH651
אָפֵל

ʼâphêl · aw-fale'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a

dusky

Strong's KJV usage: very dark.

Strong's first: Amos 5:20Strong's last: Amos 5:20

Open full H651 profile →
HebrewH2841
חַשְׁרָה

chashrâh · khash-raw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, a combination or gathering, i.e. of watery clouds

Strong's KJV usage: dark.

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:12Strong's last: 2 Samuel 22:12

Open full H2841 profile →

Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

Read the word in context.

43 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Genesis 15:17
H5939

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

Leviticus 13:6
H3544

And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

Leviticus 13:21
H3544

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

Leviticus 13:26
H3544

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

Leviticus 13:28
H3544

And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.

Leviticus 13:56
H3544

And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:

Numbers 12:8
no direct Strong's tag

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Joshua 2:5
H2822

And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

2 Samuel 22:12
H2841

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Nehemiah 13:19
H6751

And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

Job 3:9
H2821

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Job 12:25
H2822

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Job 18:6
H2821

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Job 22:13
no direct Strong's tag

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

Job 24:16
H2822

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

Psalms 18:11
H2824

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Psalms 35:6
H2822

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

Psalms 49:4
no direct Strong's tag

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Psalms 74:20
H4285

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Psalms 78:2
no direct Strong's tag

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Psalms 88:12
H2822

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psalms 105:28
H2821

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Proverbs 1:6
no direct Strong's tag

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 7:9
H653

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

Isaiah 29:15
H4285

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

dark

D'ARK, adjective

1. Destitute of light; obscure. A dark atmosphere is one which prevents vision.

2. Wholly or partially black; having the quality opposite to white; as a dark color or substance.

3. Gloomy; disheartening; having unfavorable prospects; as a dark time in political affairs.

There is in every true woman's heart a spark of

heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark

hour of adversity. Irving.

4. Obscure; not easily understood or explained; as a dark passage in an author; a dark saying.

5. Mysterious; as, the ways of Providence are often dark to human reason.

6. Not enlightened with knowledge; destitute of learning and science; rude; ignorant; as a dark age.

7. Not vivid; partially black. Leviticus 13:6

8. Blind.

9. Gloomy; not cheerful; as a dark temper.

10. Obscure; concealed; secret; not understood; as a dark design.

11. Unclean; foul.

12. Opake. But dark and opake are not synonymous. Chalk is opake, but not dark

13. Keeping designs concealed.

The dark unrelenting Tiberius. Gibbon.

D'ARK, noun

1. Darkness; obscurity; the absence of light. We say we can hear in the dark

Shall the wonders be known in the dark? Ps.

1xxxviii.

2. Obscurity; secrecy; a state unknown; as, things done in the dark

3. Obscurity; a state of ignorance; as, we are all in the dark

D'ARK, verb transitive

1. To make dark; to deprive of light; as, close the shutters and darken the room.

2. To obscure; to cloud.

His confidence seldom darkened his foresight.

Bacon.

3. To make black.

The locusts darkened the land. Exodus 10:1.

4. To make dim; to deprive of vision.

Let their eyes be darkened. Romans 11:10.

5. To render gloomy; as, all joy is darkened. Isaiah 24:1.

6. To deprive of intellectual vision; to render ignorant or stupid.

Their foolish heart was darkened. Romans 1:21.

Having the understanding darkened. Ephesians 4:1.

7. To obscure; to perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words

without knowledge? Job 38:1.

8. To render less white or clear; to tan; as, a burning sun darkens the complexion.

9. To sully; to make foul.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

SOURCE & METHOD

Know what each layer is—and what it is not.

KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.