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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Darkness

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.

162exact KJV occurrences 111Old Testament 51New Testament 39books containing the word 16mapped Strong's IDs 162occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 16:10

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where darkness appears.

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

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'

70 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: Genesis 1:2Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:15

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GreekG4653
σκοτία

skotía · skot-ee'-ah

14 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: Matthew 10:27Strong's last: 1 John 2:11

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HebrewH2825
חֲשֵׁכָה

chăshêkâh · khash-ay-kaw'

5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

darkness; figuratively, misery

Strong's KJV usage: darkness.

Strong's first: Genesis 15:12Strong's last: Isaiah 50:10

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HebrewH5890
עֵיפָה

ʻêyphâh · ay-faw'

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

obscurity (as if from covering)

Strong's KJV usage: darkness.

Strong's first: Job 10:22Strong's last: Amos 4:13

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GreekG4656
σκοτόω

skotóō · skot-o'-o

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

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

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HebrewH3990
מַאֲפֵל

maʼăphêl · mah-af-ale'

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

n-m

something opaque

Strong's KJV usage: darkness.

Strong's first: Joshua 24:7Strong's last: Joshua 24:7

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HebrewH3991
מַאְפֵלְיָה

maʼphêlᵉyâh · mah-af-ay-leh-yaw'

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

n-f

opaqueness

Strong's KJV usage: darkness.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 2:31Strong's last: Jeremiah 2:31

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Genesis 1:2
H2822

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.

Genesis 1:4
H2822

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:5
H2822

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:18
H2822

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.

Genesis 15:12
H2825

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Exodus 10:21
H2822

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.

Exodus 10:21
H2822

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.

Exodus 10:22
H2822

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

Exodus 14:20
H2822

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.

Exodus 20:21
H6205

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Deuteronomy 4:11
H6205

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.

Deuteronomy 4:11
H2822

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.

Deuteronomy 5:22
H6205

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.

Deuteronomy 5:23
H2822

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;

Deuteronomy 28:29
H653

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.

Joshua 24:7
H3990

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.

1 Samuel 2:9
H2822

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

2 Samuel 22:10
H6205

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

2 Samuel 22:12
H2822

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

2 Samuel 22:29
H2822

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

1 Kings 8:12
H6205

Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

2 Chronicles 6:1
H6205

Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Job 3:4
H2822

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Job 3:5
H2822

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Job 3:6
H652

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.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

darkness

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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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.

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