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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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Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 10:27 · retained source text

What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee vpon the house tops.

Matthew 22:13
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 22:13 · retained source text

Then said the king to the seruants, Binde him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkenesse, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 27:45 · retained source text

Now from the sixth houre there was darkenesse ouer all the land vnto the ninth houre.

Mark 15:33
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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.

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.

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