142 occurrences

'Darkness' in the Bible

And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.

and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt so that one may feel darkness.

And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and was a cloud and darkness, and lit up the night; and the one did not come near the other all the night.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Lo, I will come to thee in the cloud's thick darkness, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee also for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to Jehovah.

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.

And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled continually, and there shall be none to save.

Then they cried to Jehovah, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long time.

And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.

And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

That day let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.

They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

Before I go, and never to return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.

And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

He wandereth abroad for bread, where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

They change the night into day; the light they imagine near in presence of the darkness.

If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.

Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.

When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order our words by reason of darkness.

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.

And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;

Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.

For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;

but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.

and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

and they will look to the earth; and behold, trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into thick darkness.

Nevertheless the darkness shall not be as when the distress was in the land, at the time he at first lightly, and afterwards heavily, visited the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and, out of obscurity and out of darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see;

to open the blind eyes, to bring forth the prisoner from the prison, them that sit in darkness out of the house of restraint.

And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places; that thou mayest know that I, Jehovah, who call thee by name, am the God of Israel.

Sit silent, and get thee into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called, Mistress of kingdoms.

saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.

Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God.

and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday;

Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen on thee.

O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee?

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.

All the bright lights of the heavens will I make black over thee, and bring darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, to the years of generations and generations.

For behold, he who formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, who maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.

But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness,

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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