35 occurrences

'Dark' in the Bible

It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.

It came about when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

It came about that just as it grew dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and that they should not open them until after the sabbath. Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates so that no load would enter on the sabbath day.

“In the dark they dig into houses,They shut themselves up by day;They do not know the light.

Let their way be dark and slippery,With the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Consider the covenant;For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

You have put me in the lowest pit,In dark places, in the depths.

He sent darkness and made it dark;And they did not rebel against His words.

Even the darkness is not dark to You,And the night is as bright as the day.Darkness and light are alike to You.

For the enemy has persecuted my soul;He has crushed my life to the ground;He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.

Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

For the stars of heaven and their constellationsWill not flash forth their light;The sun will be dark when it risesAnd the moon will not shed its light.

Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the Lord,And whose deeds are done in a dark place,And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”

“I have not spoken in secret,In some dark land;I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,‘Seek Me in a waste place’;I, the Lord, speak righteousness,Declaring things that are upright.

“For this the earth shall mournAnd the heavens above be dark,Because I have spoken, I have purposed,And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it.”

In dark places He has made me dwell,Like those who have long been dead.

How dark the gold has become,How the pure gold has changed!The sacred stones are poured outAt the corner of every street.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

Load the baggage on your shoulder in their sight and carry it out in the dark. You shall cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.”

I did so, as I had been commanded. By day I brought out my baggage like the baggage of an exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands; I went out in the dark and carried the baggage on my shoulder in their sight.

The prince who is among them will load his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out. He will cover his face so that he can not see the land with his eyes.

“In Tehaphnehes the day will be darkWhen I break there the yoke bars of Egypt.Then the pride of her power will cease in her;A cloud will cover her,And her daughters will go into captivity.

Before them the earth quakes,The heavens tremble,The sun and the moon grow darkAnd the stars lose their brightness.

“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord God,“That I will make the sun go down at noonAnd make the earth dark in broad daylight.

Therefore it will be night for you—without vision,And darkness for you—without divination.The sun will go down on the prophets,And the day will become dark over them.

If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays.”

Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it *was still dark, and *saw the stone already taken away from the tomb.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
חידה 
Chiydah 
Usage: 17

מחשׁך 
Machshak 
Usage: 7

ערפל 
`araphel 
Usage: 16

אפל 
'aphel 
Usage: 1

אפל 
'ophel 
Usage: 9

אפלה 
'aphelah 
Usage: 10

דּרקון 
Darqown 
Usage: 2

חשׁוך 
Chashowk (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

חשׁך 
Chashak 
Usage: 17

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

חשׁיכה חשׁכה 
Chashekah 
Usage: 5

חשׁרה 
Chashrah 
Usage: 1

כּהה 
Kahah 
Usage: 8

כּהה 
Keheh 
Usage: 9

מאפל 
Ma'aphel 
Usage: 1

מאפליהo 
Ma'phel@yah 
Usage: 1

נשׁף 
Nesheph 
twilight , night , dark , dawning of the morning, dawning of the day
Usage: 12

עיפה 
`eyphah 
Usage: 2

עלטה 
`alatah 
Usage: 4

ערב 
`arab 
Usage: 3

עתם 
`atham 
Usage: 1

צלל 
Tsalal 
began to be dark , shadowing
Usage: 2

קדר 
Qadar 
Usage: 17

קפא 
Qapha' 
Usage: 4

αἴνιγμα 
Ainigma 
Usage: 1

αὐχμηρός 
Auchmeros 
Usage: 1

ζόφος 
Zophos 
Usage: 4

σκοτεινός 
Skoteinos 
Usage: 0

σκοτία 
Skotia 
Usage: 10

σκοτίζω 
Skotizo 
Usage: 6

σκότος 
Skotos 
Usage: 23

σκοτόω 
Skotoo 
Usage: 1

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