255 occurrences in 13 translations

'Dark' in the Bible

And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, The CreatorLight And DarknessGod Seeing All The EarthWaters DividedDarkness

To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalLight In The WorldLight And DarknessGod Seeing All The EarthProvision Of DayProvision Of NightPerfection Of Creation

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesLampsPassing ThroughSmokeCandlesAnimal Sacrifices, BurntSunsetsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightDarkness Of NightWeedsmoking

Let me go through all your sheep today and remove every sheep that is speckled or spotted, every dark-colored sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the female goats. Such will be my wages.

Verse ConceptsGoatsLambsNegotiationBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And WhiteColor

That day Laban removed the streaked and spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored one among the lambs, and he placed his sons in charge of them.

Verse ConceptsBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And WhiteTaking Animals

Jacob separated the lambs and made the flocks face the streaked and the completely dark sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and didn’t put them with Laban’s sheep.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsSeparating AnimalsBlack AnimalsNot Mixing

His eyes will be dark from wine, and his teeth white from milk.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected ByMilkTeethWhiteGood Eyes

They covered the surface of the entire land so that it was dark. They ate all the vegetation of the land and the fruit from the trees that the hail left. Nothing green was left on the trees or on the vegetation in all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsBlackCovering The EarthDarkness During DaytimeGreenRemaining FoodAnimals EatingHarming Trees

And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark.

Verse ConceptsStretching Out

And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days;

Verse ConceptsMonotonyMiracles Of Moses And AaronSupernatural DarknessStretching OutThree Days

Keep it till the fourteenth day of the same month, when everyone who is of the children of Israel is to put it to death between sundown and dark.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambThe Number FourteenTwilightKilling Sacrifices

It came between the Egyptian camp and the Israelite camp; it was a dark cloud and it lit up the night so that one camp did not come near the other the whole night.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalDivine Protection, Examples OfStanding At A DistanceComing BetweenLight In The WorldCamping During The Exodus

And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

Verse ConceptsStanding At A Distancedistance

And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

Verse ConceptsRitual WashingSpreadingWashingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekBlemished PeopleClean ClothesDay 7

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

Verse ConceptsShallownessSeven DaysThe Hair Of The BodyWhite HairSeven Days For Legal Purposes

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

Verse ConceptsShallownessSeven DaysThe Hair Of The BodyWhite HairSeven Days For Legal Purposes

And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingscars

And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:

Verse ConceptsCordsAnimal Skinsmold

He shall examine the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the surface,

Verse ConceptsGreenRed Parts Of The BodyDepressionmold

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodExperience, of GodGod, Revelation OfRevelation, In OtDivine FriendshipClarityBeing Face To Face With GodThose Who Saw GodPlainnessAddressing SomeoneRevelation Through Direct CommunicationPatience In RelationshipsSpeechcriticism

"When you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain a mountain that was blazing with fire at its core while the sky was covered with thick, dark clouds

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceBlackFire Emanating From God

"The LORD declared these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from out of the fire and dark clouds, and nothing more was added. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Verse ConceptsCongregationStonesTabletsVoicesAdding To GodGod Appearing In FireTwo Stone Tablets

And after hearing the voice which came out of the dark while the mountain was burning with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your chiefs came to me,

Verse ConceptsFire Emanating From GodHearing God's Voice

so that at noon you will grope as a blind man gropes in the dark. You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you.

Verse ConceptsNoonRescueWorldly DilemmasWalking In DarknessNot ProsperingRobbing PeopleSpiritual Darkness

Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain:

Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightUncertain ThingsFear Of Enemiesbalancereassurance

And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

Verse ConceptsGatesShutting Gates

Your fathers cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, and then drowned them in the sea. You witnessed with your very own eyes what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsGod Led Them Through The WildernessStaying A Long TimeLooking At God's Works

So she lay down at his feet until morning but got up while it was still dark. Then Boaz said, “Don’t let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

Verse ConceptsDaybreakNot Recognising PeopleUntil DaybreakDo Not Tell

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.

Verse ConceptsAbilityFeetdefence, divineGod, The ProviderGuardsSaintsSilenceLimitations Of StrengthThe Outer DarknessFeet SecureOuter Darknesstoughness

But one man of your family will not be cut off by my hand, and his eyes will be made dark, and grief will be in his heart: and all the offspring of your family will come to their end by the sword of men.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfSorrowUnhappinessWeepingDeath As Punishment

So he sent and brought him. He had a dark, healthy complexion, with beautiful eyes, and he was handsome. The LORD said, "Get up and anoint him, for this is the one."

Verse ConceptsBodyOutward AppearanceBeauty, In MenRed FacesGood EyesAppearances ofHairHandsome Men

When the Philistine looked and saw David, he had contempt for him, because he was only a young man. David had a dark, healthy complexion and was handsome.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Early LifePride, Examples OfSuperiorityAttractionDisdainLimitations Of YouthRed FacesAppearances ofteenagerHandsome Men

He parted the heavens and came down,a dark cloud beneath His feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Going Down

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Verse ConceptsRainSky

Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.

Verse ConceptsLightningGod Appearing In FireGod Is Light

In a little while, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there was a downpour. So Ahab got in his chariot and went to Jezreel.

Verse ConceptsBlackSkyGod Sending RainDarkness During Daytime

“I have built You a lofty house,A place for You to dwell forever.”

And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

Verse ConceptsShadowsCitiesShutting GatesDarkness Of Night

Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over it.

Verse ConceptsDark Days

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

Verse ConceptsBlacknessBlackGod Is JustColors, BlackEclipse

That night--let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalGod Is UnchangeableOther Times

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Verse ConceptsTwilightDaybreakDarkness During DaytimeUntil DaybreakDarkening Sun Moon And Stars

In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

Verse ConceptsHourNoonDarkness Of EvilSpiritual Darkness

They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.

Verse ConceptsSnowCold Weather

Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

Verse ConceptsPeople not returning

The land dark as midnight, The land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

Verse ConceptsThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

Verse ConceptsRadiancyNoonRadiant LivesLight Of God's PeopleSunshine

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By DarknessFeeling Lostdrunkards

He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

Verse ConceptsFugitivesKilled With The Sword

He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodFace Of GoddrynessMouthsPeople WitheredScorchingThe Outer DarknessEscaping EvilOuter Darkness

My face is red from my tears, and dark shadows encircle my eyelids,

Verse ConceptsShadowsWeepingThe Shadow Of DeathTearsRed Faces

Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

Verse ConceptsMockerymockers

They have transformed night into day "The light,' they say, "is about to become dark.'

Verse ConceptsComing Out Of DarknessProvision Of Day And NightGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Verse ConceptsLampsTentsExtinguishing

He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

Verse ConceptsOblivionPunishment, Legal Aspects OfThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

Verse ConceptsBurning PeopleThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By Darkness

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By Darkness

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

Verse ConceptsSecret Sinsthieves

For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

Verse ConceptsDarkness Of Evil

Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

Verse ConceptsBlack

when his lamp used to shine over my head, so I could walk through the dark,

Verse ConceptsLampsGod Giving Light

I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.

Verse ConceptsBlackBeggarsThe SunBeggingBlack PeopleCrying For HelpSunshine

There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

Verse ConceptsBlackShadowsHiding From God

“Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds],And He covers the depths of the sea.

Verse ConceptsOceansCreation Of The Seas

“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of The Innocent

And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.

Verse ConceptsSkySunSunshineclouds

Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting God's AdviceThose Who Were Ignorant

Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?

Verse ConceptsGatesShadowsGates Of DeathThe Shadow Of DeathThe Fact Of Death

Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

Verse Conceptsdarkness, natural

“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being [of man, or in the layers of clouds]Or given understanding to the mind [of man, or to the heavenly display]?

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Mind

Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheCreatures Returning To DustPeople Hiding Peopledust

Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfUnderstandingNot Understanding Other ThingsThose Who Were Ignorant

He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

Verse ConceptsSecrecyWaitingWatchfulness, Of BelieversCharacter Of WickedHelplessnessLooking At People For EvilJudged As Murderersrehabilitation

He parted the heavens and came down,a dark cloud beneath His feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Going Downclouds

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Verse ConceptsCurtainsCovering

Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

Verse ConceptsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightThunder Showing God's Presence

You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

Verse ConceptsComfortingenlightenmentLampsCandlesGod Giving LightDarknessLightmovement

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Verse ConceptsProblem SolvingHarpsAccompanimentWise Proverbs

Let their eyes be dark so they cannot see, and make their loins continually tremble.

Verse ConceptsBackGroups TremblingGod Blinding

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthViolenceNations DescribedDarkness Of EvilGod Keeps Covenant

In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

Verse ConceptsPrayer, Answers ToThunderGod AnsweredPsalm InterjectionsGod Answered PrayerThunder Showing God's Presence

Bible Theasaurus

Cheerless (1 instance)
Colored (9 instances)
Coloured (25 instances)
Dismal (2 instances)
Dreary (1 instance)
Gloomy (18 instances)
Iniquity (310 instances)
Morose (2 instances)
Nighttime (5 instances)
Obscure (12 instances)
Shadow (78 instances)
Sinister (1 instance)
Sorry (33 instances)
Sullen (6 instances)
Unapparent (1 instance)

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Strong's
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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