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.
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Dark
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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:
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55 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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21 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek · kho-shek'
7 times translated as this KJV form80 total Strong's occurrences
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
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châshak · khaw-shak'
5 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
Strong's KJV usage: be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 3:9Strong's last: Micah 3:6
Open full H2821 profile →כֵּהֶה
kêheh · kay-heh'
5 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
feeble, obscure
Strong's KJV usage: somewhat dark, darkish, wax dim, heaviness, smoking.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 13:6Strong's last: Leviticus 13:56
Open full H3544 profile →קָדַר
qâdar · kaw-dar'
4 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
Strong's KJV usage: be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), × heavily, (cause to) mourn.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 32:7Strong's last: Micah 3:6
Open full H6937 profile →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 →מַחְשָׁךְ
machshâk · makh-shawk'
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
darkness; concretely, a dark place
Strong's KJV usage: dark(-ness, place).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 74:20Strong's last: Isaiah 29:15
Open full H4285 profile →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
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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 →אָפֵל
ʼâphêl · aw-fale'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
dusky
Strong's KJV usage: very dark.
Strong's first: Amos 5:20Strong's last: Amos 5:20
Open full H651 profile →אֲפֵלָה
ʼăphêlâh · af-ay-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment
Strong's KJV usage: dark, darkness, gloominess, × thick.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 7:9Strong's last: Proverbs 7:9
Open full H653 profile →חֶשְׁכָה
cheshkâh · khesh-kaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
darkness
Strong's KJV usage: dark.
Strong's first: Psalms 18:11Strong's last: Psalms 18:11
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chashrâh · khash-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
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 →נֶשֶׁף
nesheph · neh'-shef
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
Strong's KJV usage: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 13:16Strong's last: Jeremiah 13:16
Open full H5399 profile →עֲלָטָה
ʻălâṭâh · al-aw-taw'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
dusk
Strong's KJV usage: dark, twilight.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 15:17Strong's last: Genesis 15:17
Open full H5939 profile →עֲרָפֶל
ʻărâphel · ar-aw-fel'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
gloom (as of a lowering sky)
Strong's KJV usage: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 34:12Strong's last: Ezekiel 34:12
Open full H6205 profile →צָלַל
tsâlal · tsaw-lal'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to shade, as twilight or an opaque object
Strong's KJV usage: begin to be dark, shadowing.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Nehemiah 13:19Strong's last: Nehemiah 13:19
Open full H6751 profile →קָפָא
qâphâʼ · kaw-faw'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water)
Strong's KJV usage: congeal, curdle, dark, settle.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Zechariah 14:6Strong's last: Zechariah 14:6
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G850
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:
English meaning and historical usage.
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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.
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