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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 32:8
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

Daniel 8:23
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 8:23 · retained source text

And in the latter time of their kingdome, when the transgressours are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and vnderstanding darke sentences, shall stand vp.

1611 marginal noteHeb. are accomplished.

Joel 2:10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 2:10 · retained source text

The earth shall quake before them, the heauens shall tremble, the Sun & the Moone shall be darke, & the starres shall withdrawe their shining.

1611 marginal noteIsai.13.10. ezech. 32.2.

Amos 5:8
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 5:8 · retained source text

Seeke him that maketh the seuen starres and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day darke with night: that calleth for the waters of the Sea, and powreth them out vpon the face of the earth: the LORD is his Name.

1611 marginal noteIob.9.9. and 38.31.

1611 marginal noteChap.9.6.

Amos 5:20
Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 5:20 · retained source text

Shall not the day of the LORD be darkenes, and not light? euen very darke, and no brightnesse in it?

Micah 3:6
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Micah 3:6 · retained source text

Therefore night shall be vnto you, that yee shall not haue a vision, and it shall be darke vnto you, that yee shall not diuine, and the Sunne shall goe downe ouer the Prophets, and the day shall be darke ouer them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. from a vision.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from diuining.

Zechariah 14:6
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 14:6 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, that the light shall not be cleare, nor darke.

1611 marginal noteHebr. precious.

1611 marginal noteHebr. thicknesse.

Luke 11:36
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 11:36 · retained source text

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, hauing no part darke, the whole shalbe full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doeth giue thee light.

John 6:17
And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 6:17 · retained source text

And entred into a ship, and went ouer the sea towards Capernaum: and it was now darke, and Iesus was not come to them.

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