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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Darkness
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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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חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek · kho-shek'
70 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: Genesis 1:2Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:15
Open full H2822 profile →σκότος
skótos · skot'-os
32 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--darkness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 4:16Strong's last: Jude 1:13
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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
Open full G4653 profile →עֲרָפֶל
ʻărâphel · ar-aw-fel'
13 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).
Strong's first: Exodus 20:21Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:15
Open full H6205 profile →אֹפֶל
ʼôphel · o'fel
7 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
dusk
Strong's KJV usage: darkness, obscurity, privily.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 3:6Strong's last: Psalms 91:6
Open full H652 profile →אֲפֵלָה
ʼăphêlâh · af-ay-law'
6 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: Deuteronomy 28:29Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:12
Open full H653 profile →חֲשֵׁכָה
chăshêkâh · khash-ay-kaw'
5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
darkness; figuratively, misery
Strong's KJV usage: darkness.
Strong's first: Genesis 15:12Strong's last: Isaiah 50:10
Open full H2825 profile →מַחְשָׁךְ
machshâk · makh-shawk'
4 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
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 →ζόφος
zóphos · dzof'-os
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
gloom (as shrouding like a cloud)
Strong's KJV usage: :--blackness, darkness, mist.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Peter 2:4Strong's last: Jude 1:6
Open full G2217 profile →σκοτεινός
skoteinós · skot-i-nos'
2 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: Matthew 6:23Strong's last: Luke 11:34
Open full G4652 profile →עֵיפָה
ʻêyphâh · ay-faw'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
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 →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
Open full G4656 profile →חֲשׁוֹךְ
chăshôwk · khash-oke'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
the dark
Strong's KJV usage: darkness.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:22Strong's last: Daniel 2:22
Open full H2816 profile →חָשַׁךְ
châshak · khaw-shak'
1 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: Jeremiah 13:16Strong's last: Jeremiah 13:16
Open full H2821 profile →מַאֲפֵל
maʼăphêl · mah-af-ale'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
something opaque
Strong's KJV usage: darkness.
Strong's first: Joshua 24:7Strong's last: Joshua 24:7
Open full H3990 profile →מַאְפֵלְיָה
maʼphêlᵉyâh · mah-af-ay-leh-yaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
opaqueness
Strong's KJV usage: darkness.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 2:31Strong's last: Jeremiah 2:31
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H2822
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
H2822
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
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.
H2822
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
H2822
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
H5890
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
H652
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
H652
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
H2822
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
H2822
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
H2822
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
H2822
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
H2822
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
H2822
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
H2822
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
H2822
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
H2822
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
H2822
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
H2822
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
H652
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
H2822
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
H652
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
H2822
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
H652
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
H2822
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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