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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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Psalms 105:28
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 105:28 · retained source text

Hee sent darknesse, and made it darke: and they rebelled not against his word.

1611 marginal noteExod. 10.22.

Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 1:6 · retained source text

To vnderstand a prouerbe, and the interpretation; the wordes of the wise, and their darke sayings.

1611 marginal noteOr, an eloquent speach.

Proverbs 7:9
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 7:9 · retained source text

In the twilight in the euening, in the blacke and darke night:

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the euening of the day.

Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 29:15 · retained source text

Woe vnto them that seeke deepe to hide their counsell from the LORD, and their workes are in the darke, and they say, Who seeth vs? and who knoweth vs?

1611 marginal noteEcclus.23.15.

Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 45:19 · retained source text

I haue not spoken in secret, in a darke place of the earth: I said not vnto the seed of Iacob, Seeke ye mee in vaine: I the LORD speake righteousnesse, I declare things that are right.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 30.11.

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 13:16 · retained source text

Giue glory to the LORD your God before he cause darknesse, and before your feet stumble vpon the darke mountaines, and while yee looke for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death, and make it grosse darkenesse.

1611 marginal noteIsa.8.22.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.

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