Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Read in context →And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
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chôshek · kho-shek'
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Strong's KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Strong's first: Genesis 1:2Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:15
Open full H2822 profile →skótos · skot'-os
shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--darkness.
Strong's first: Matthew 4:16Strong's last: Jude 1:13
Open full G4655 profile →skotía · skot-ee'-ah
dimness, obscurity (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--dark(-ness).
Strong's first: Matthew 10:27Strong's last: 1 John 2:11
Open full G4653 profile →ʻărâphel · ar-aw-fel'
gloom (as of a lowering sky)
Strong's KJV usage: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
Strong's first: Exodus 20:21Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:15
Open full H6205 profile →ʼôphel · o'fel
dusk
Strong's KJV usage: darkness, obscurity, privily.
Strong's first: Job 3:6Strong's last: Psalms 91:6
Open full H652 profile →ʼăphêlâh · af-ay-law'
duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment
Strong's KJV usage: dark, darkness, gloominess, × thick.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 28:29Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:12
Open full H653 profile →chăshêkâh · khash-ay-kaw'
darkness; figuratively, misery
Strong's KJV usage: darkness.
Strong's first: Genesis 15:12Strong's last: Isaiah 50:10
Open full H2825 profile →machshâk · makh-shawk'
darkness; concretely, a dark place
Strong's KJV usage: dark(-ness, place).
Strong's first: Psalms 88:6Strong's last: Isaiah 42:16
Open full H4285 profile →zóphos · dzof'-os
gloom (as shrouding like a cloud)
Strong's KJV usage: :--blackness, darkness, mist.
Strong's first: 2 Peter 2:4Strong's last: Jude 1:6
Open full G2217 profile →skoteinós · skot-i-nos'
opaque, i.e. (figuratively) benighted
Strong's KJV usage: :--dark, full of darkness.
Strong's first: Matthew 6:23Strong's last: Luke 11:34
Open full G4652 profile →ʻêyphâh · ay-faw'
obscurity (as if from covering)
Strong's KJV usage: darkness.
Strong's first: Job 10:22Strong's last: Amos 4:13
Open full H5890 profile →skotóō · skot-o'-o
to obscure or blind (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be full of darkness.
Strong's first: Revelation 16:10Strong's last: Revelation 16:10
Open full G4656 profile →chăshôwk · khash-oke'
the dark
Strong's KJV usage: darkness.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:22Strong's last: Daniel 2:22
Open full H2816 profile →châshak · khaw-shak'
to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
Strong's KJV usage: be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 13:16Strong's last: Jeremiah 13:16
Open full H2821 profile →maʼăphêl · mah-af-ale'
something opaque
Strong's KJV usage: darkness.
Strong's first: Joshua 24:7Strong's last: Joshua 24:7
Open full H3990 profile →maʼphêlᵉyâh · mah-af-ay-leh-yaw'
opaqueness
Strong's KJV usage: darkness.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 2:31Strong's last: Jeremiah 2:31
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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
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D'ARKNESS, noun
1. Absence of light.
And darkness was on the face of the deep. Genesis 1:2.
2. Obscurity; want of clearness or perspicuity; that quality or state which renders any thing difficult to be understood; as the darkness of counsels.
3. A state of being intellectually clouded; ignorance.
Men loved darkness rather than light. John 3:19.
4. A private place; secrecy; privacy.
What I tell in darkness that speak ye in light.
Matthew 10:27.
5. Infernal gloom; hell; as utter darkness Matthew 22:13.
6. Great trouble and distress; calamities; perplexities.
A day of clouds and thick darkness Joel 2:2. Is.
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7. Empire of Satan.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness
Colossians 1:13.
8. Opakeness.
Land of darkness the grave. Job 10:21.
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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