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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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Mark 15:33
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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1611 witness · Mark 15:33 · retained source text

And when the sixth houre was come, there was darkenesse ouer the whole land, vntill the ninth houre.

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