KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:2
Complete exact-word concordance
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
And if thou draw out thy soule to the hungry, and satisfie the afflicted soule: then shall thy light rise in obscuritie, and thy darkenesse be as the noone day.
¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
¶ Therefore is iudgement farre from vs, neither doth iustice ouertake vs: we waite for light, but behold obscuritie, for brightnesse, but we walke in darknesse.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
For behold, the darknesse shall couer the earth, and grosse darknesse the people: but the LORD shall arise vpon thee, and his glory shall be seene vpon thee.
¶ O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
¶ O generation, see yee the word of the LORD: haue I beene a wildernesse vnto Israel? a land of darkenesse? wherefore say my people; We are LORDs, we will come no more vnto thee?
1611 marginal noteHeb. we haue dominion.
1611 marginal noteChap.2.5
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.
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.
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
Wherefore their way shalbe vnto them as slippery wayes in the darkenes: they shalbe driuen on and fall therein: for I will bring euill vpon them, euen the yeere of their visitation, saith the LORD.
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
He hath led me and brought mee into darkenesse, but not into light.
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
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.
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
He reuealeth the deepe and secret things: hee knoweth what is in the darknes, & the light dwelleth with him.
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
A day of darkenesse and of gloominesse, a day of clouds and of thicke darkenesse, as the morning spread vpon the mountaines: a great people and a strong, there hath not beene euer the like, neither shall be any more after it, euen to the yeres of many generations.
1611 marginal noteHeb. of generation and generation.
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