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darkness

Meaning of “darkness”

Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

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162 occurrences142 verses39 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:2

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Luke 1:79
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 1:79 · retained source text

To giue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Luke 11:34
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 11:34 · retained source text

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light: but when thine eye is euill, thy body also is full of darkenesse.

1611 marginal noteMat. 6.22

Luke 11:35
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 11:35 · retained source text

Take heede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darknesse.

Luke 12:3
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 12:3 · retained source text

Therefore, whatsoeuer yee haue spoken in darkenesse, shall bee heard in the light: and that which yee haue spoken in the eare, in closets, shal be proclaimed vpon the house tops.

Luke 22:53
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 22:53 · retained source text

When I was daily with you in the Temple, yee stretched foorth no hands against mee: but this is your houre, and the power of darkenesse.

Luke 23:44
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 23:44 · retained source text

And it was about the sixt houre, and there was a darkenesse ouer all the earth, vntill the ninth houre.

1611 marginal noteOr, land.

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