I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
The 1611 reading
I beheld the earth, and loe, it was without forme and void: and the heauens, and they had no light.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:3
Complete exact-word concordance
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
I beheld the earth, and loe, it was without forme and void: and the heauens, and they had no light.
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.
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Moreouer, I will take from them the voyce of myrth, and the voice of gladnes, the voice of the bridegrome, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the milstones, & the light of the candle.
1611 marginal noteHeb. I will cause to perish from them.
1611 marginal noteCha.7.34. and 16.9. and 25.10. ezek. 26.13 ose 2.11.
¶ Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:
¶ Thus saith the LORD which giueth the Sunne for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moone and of the starres for a light by night, which diuideth the sea when the waues thereof roare, the LORD of hosts is his name.
1611 marginal noteGen.1.16
1611 marginal noteIsa.51.15
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
2 · KJV context and cross-references