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dark

Meaning of “dark”

Sense 1: Without light or having little light. Sense 2: Obscure, hidden, or not understood. Sense 3: Darkness or a place or time without light.

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43 occurrences42 verses21 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 15:17

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Ezekiel 8:12
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 8:12 · retained source text

Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, hast thou seene what the ancients of the house of Israel doe in the darke, euery man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth vs not, the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

1611 marginal noteChap.9.9.

Ezekiel 32:7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:7 · retained source text

And when I shall put thee out, I wil couer the heauen, and make the starres thereof darke: I will couer the sunne with a cloud, and the moone shall not giue her light.

1611 marginal noteOr, extinguish.

1611 marginal noteIsai. 13.10. ioel.2.31. and 3.15. matth. 24.29.

Ezekiel 32:8
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:8 · retained source text

All the bright lights of heauen will I make darke ouer thee, and set darkenesse vpon thy land, saith the LORD God.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lights of the light in heauen.

1611 marginal noteHeb. them darke.

Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 34:12 · retained source text

As a shepheard seeketh out his flocke in the day that hee is among his sheepe that are scattered: so wil I seeke out my sheep, and will deliuer them out of all places, where they haue bene scattered in the cloudie and darke day.

1611 marginal noteHeb. according to the seeking.

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