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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 15:17

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Job 3:9
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:9 · retained source text

Let the starres of the twilight thereof be darke, let it looke for light, but haue none, neither let it see the dawning of the day:

1611 marginal noteHeb. the eye lids of the morning.

Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 12:25 · retained source text

They grope in the darke without light, and hee maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wander.

Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 18:6 · retained source text

The light shalbe darke in his tabernacle, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

1611 marginal noteOr, lampe.

Job 24:16
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 24:16 · retained source text

In the darke they digge through houses which they had marked for themselues in the day time: they know not the light.

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