In light of one of the current controversies going on in the world today (and considering how the media at large seems to enjoy pitting us against each other, is it any wonder we never get anything done because we're too busy fighting with our neighbors in the cul-de-sac, on Facebook, whatever?), it seems to me a good time to weigh in on the subject of the old Christmas tune "Baby, It's Cold Outside."
It's interesting how we hear songs for years and usually don't think much about them or really pay them any attention until, one day, somebody exclaims about how offended they are by it. I have to admit I had NEVER HEARD THE SONG until I was almost in my thirties, about the time radio stations began moving to all-Christmas-music at that time of the year. More versions seemed to start cropping up, from one of the old ones (where some one like Dean Martin sings the man's lines along with a chorus of unnamed women) to some more up-to-date ones (whether it was a jazzy version by Vanessa Williams and some guy named Bobby Caldwell or another version that ATTEMPTED to sound jazzy as sung by Dolly Parton and Rod Stewart [I'm sorry, but Dolly Parton and jazz? I don't see it!]). Yes, it sounded kinda titillating, I knew what the man in the song had on his mind (when the woman says, "Hey, what's in this drink?!?", he ain't thinkin' about Bible study, that's certain!), but I thought nothing much more of it: I was happily married and didn't have (or want) any women on the side with which to try that. And, believe it or not, I was rooting for the woman: "Leave!! Go home!! Do something, anything, to get away 'cause this guy does NOT have YOUR interests at heart!!!"
I don't plan to get into whatever level of lasciviousness this song seems to operate upon, but I want to look at it another way:
The church in Corinth had quite a few problems back in the first century, and Paul the apostle had to help them deal with them with three letters, apparently (we have transcripts of TWO of them in our Bibles today, but he mentions a third letter to them as well). One of the problems they had was with eating meat. Back then, other than hunting in the rural areas outside of the city or by raising cattle, the only way to get meat was from the pagan temples where they were sacrificing animals to please whatever gods were represented by the idols in that temple. Thing is, when you're sacrificing these animals, it's over an open flame...which is one of the better ways we have of cooking our meats!! (Who DOESN'T love a barbeque, right?) And when you went into the temple, you had a choice: you could bring your gift for the gods and THEN get some meat or you could just pick up some meat.
Paul did not see a problem with this. He had lived under the Law of Moses where you brought your meat sacrifice to the temple and, if it wasn't a completely burnt sacrifice and there was edibles leftover after the fact, you had something to take home to eat (and you left some for the priests who administered this service, so THEY had something to eat as well!). With the sacrifice of the Lamb of God upon the cross, there was no need for sacrificing under the now fulfilled Law of Moses. And these sacrifices to pagan gods were nothing but cooked meat since there is no other god besides Jehovah.
The problem, however, came in for these Christians who had recently converted from paganism. They had just come out of a cultural mindset where that sacrifice to the gods WERE in fact holy, and consumption was a way of paying homage and devotion to the false deity. Now they are getting acclimated to this new mindset where Jehovah is THE Lord God (Who sent His Son, the Anointed Jesus, to be the ultimate sacrifice for our sins in order to reconcile us to Him, raised Him up to prove all He said was true, and sent His Holy Spirit to guide us in these latter days ever since that sacrifice, also known as the crucifixion). Thus, eating this meat from the pagan temple was paying homage to a competing god in their mind and they didn't want to make their new God angry.
NOW the problem for Paul was that he knew this animal sacrificed to pagan gods was nothing but meat, but eating it before one of these newly converted people could wreak havoc on their conscience. Thus, Paul says in verse 13 of 1 Corinthians 8, "[I]f food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble."
What does this have to do with a Christmas song that is purported by some to encourage date rape?
Obviously there's a good number of people out there who have no problem with the song at all; they've heard it for years and it's a tradition for them. There are others (like me) who also have heard the song for years, do not think the lyrics are helpful at all, and thus do not pay any attention to them; it doesn't bother me. But there are some out there who have come to a realization that, in one way or another, sex is precious and should be shared by special people (whether you include consenting adults or even restrict it to people who are in fact committed to each other by marriage or some civil union) and therefore we should not be encouraging men to trick women into going to bed with them (I might add that we should have been instructing them to avoid this when they were boys, teaching them to be gentlemen and not over-amorous wolves; now we say that "boys will be boys" and wonder why we have adolescents in their thirties and even their forties!). These radio stations that are coming out and refusing to play the song fall into that category who "doesn't want to cause their brother to stumble by eating meat."
If you KNOW that nothing will happen if you and your friends listen to this song, good for you. Just remember that knowledge puffs up, but love builds up (1 Corinthians 8:1).
By the same token, if you KNOW that somebody listening to this song COULD BE enticed to do something less than upright, don't play the song! Again, remember: knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
In fact, Paul went on to explain the concept further in THIS way to the church in Rome: "The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's" (Romans 14:6-8).
As I mentioned in the beginning, most of the disagreements we have about alleged controversies like this are stoked by the media at large and even by some people we hold as "leaders". It seems fitting to bring up some sage advice that Paul gave to his fellow worker Titus: "avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned" (Titus 3:9-11).
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Darkness_2016-12
| Darkness [Hebrew OT Word List] | Occurences in | ||||||
| H# / xliteration | Part of Speech | Language | Description | Bible | Verses | KJV Usage: | 1st Occurance |
| H2822- chôshek | Noun Masculine | Hebrew | 1) Darkness, obscurity; a) darkness, b) secret place | 80 | 77 | Darkness (70x), Dark (7x), Obscurity (2x), Night (1x) | Gen 1:2 |
| H2825- chāshêkâh | Noun Feminine | Hebrew | Darkness | 5 | 5 | Darkness (5x) | Gen 15:12 |
| H6205- 'ārâphel | Noun Masculine | Hebrew | Cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness | 15 | 15 | Thick darkness (8x), darkness (3x), gross darkness (2x) dark cloud (1x), dark (1x) | Ex 20:21 |
| H653- 'āphêlâh | Noun Feminine | Hebrew | 1) Darkness, gloominess, calamity; 2) wickedness (fig.) | 10 | 10 | Darkness (6x), gloominess (2x), dark (1x), thick (1x) | Deut 28:29 |
| H3990- ma'āphêl | Noun Masculine | Hebrew | Darkness | 1 | 1 | Darkness (1x) | Josh 24:7 |
| H652- 'ôphel | Noun Masculine | Hebrew | 1) Darkness, gloom; 2)spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.) | 9 | 8 | Darkness (7x), privily (1x), obscurity (1x) | Job 3:6 |
| H5890- 'êyphâh | Noun Feminine | Hebrew | Darkness | 2 | 2 | darkness (2x) | Job 10:22 |
| H4285- machshâk | Noun Masculine | Hebrew | 1) Dark place, darkness, secrecy; a) hiding-place, b) dark region, c) grave | 7 | 7 | Darkness (4x), dark places (2x), dark (1x) | Ps 88:6,18 |
| H2821- châshak | Verb | Hebrew | 1) To be or become dark, grow dim, be darkened, be black, be hidden; a) Qal- 1) to be or grow dark, 2) to have a dark color, 3) to grow dim; b) Hiphil- 1) to make dark, cause to be dark, 2) to hide conceal, 3) to obscure, confuse | 19 | 18 | darken (9x), dark (5x), blacker (1x), darkness (1x), dim (1x), hideth (1x), variant (1x) | Ps 105:28 |
| H3991- ma'phêl'yâh | Noun Feminine | Hebrew | Deep darkness, darkness | 1 | 1 | darkness (1x) | Jer 2:31 |
| H5399- nesheph | Noun Masculine | Hebrew | 1) Twilight; a) evening twilight; b) morning twilight | 12 | 12 | Twilight (6x), night (3x), dark (1x), dawning of the morning (1x), dawning of the day (1x) | Jer 13:16 |
| H6937- qâdar | Verb | Hebrew | 1) to mourn, be dark; a) (Qal) to be dark; b) (Hiphil), 1) to darken, 2) to cause to mourn; c) (Hithpael) to grow dark | 18 | 17 | mourn (6x), black (4x), dark (4x), blackish (1x), darkened (1x), heavily (1x) | Ezek 32:8 |
| H2816- chāshôwk | Noun Masculine | Arc | Darkness | 1 | 1 | darkness (1x) | Dan 2:22 |
| H651- 'âphêl | Adjective | Hebrew | Gloomy, dark | 1 | 1 | very dark (1x) | Am 5:20 |
| Darkness [Greek NT Word List] | Occurences in | ||||||
| G# / xliteration | Part of Speech | Language | Description | Bible | Verses | KJV Usage: | 1st Occurance |
| G4655- skótos | Noun Neuter | Greek | 1) darkness, a) of night darkness, b) of darkened night or blindness; 2) metaph. a) of ignorance respecting divinne things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell, b) persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway | 32 | 31 | darkness (32x) | Mt 4:16 |
| G4652- skoteinós | Adjective | Greek | Full of darkness, covered with darkness | 3 | 3 | Full of darkness (2x), dark (1x) | Mt 6:23 |
| G4653- skotía | Noun Feminine | Greek | 1) darkness, 2) the darkness due to want of light, 3) metaph. Used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery in hell | 16 | 12 | Darkness (14x), dark (2x) | Mt 10:27 |
| G2217- zóphos | Noun Masculine | Greek | 1) Darkness, blackness, a) used of the darkness of the netherworld | 4 | 4 | darkness (2x), mist (1x), blackness (1x) | 2Pt 2:4 |
| G4656- skotóō | Verb | Greek | 1) to darken, cover with darkness; 2) metaph. To darken or blind the mind | 1 | 1 | Full of darkness (1x) | Rev 16:10 |
| OT | |
| Gen 1:2 | And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness (H2822- chôshek) was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. |
| Gen 15:12 | And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness (H2825- chāshêkâh) fell upon him. |
| Ex 20:21 | And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness (H6205- 'ārâphel) where God was. |
| Deut 28:29 | And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness (H653- 'āphêlâh), and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. |
| Josh 24:7 | And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness (H653- 'āphêlâh) between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. |
| Job 3:6 | As for that night, let darkness (H652- 'ôphel) seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. |
| Job 10:22 | A land of darkness (H5890- 'êyphâh), as darkness (H652- 'ôphel) itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness (H652- 'ôphel). |
| Ps 88:6,18 | Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness (H4285- machshâk), in the deeps;... Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness (H4285- machshâk). |
| Ps 105:28 | He sent darkness (H2822- chôshek), and made it dark (H2821- châshak); and they rebelled not against his word. |
| Jer 2:31 | O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness (H3991- ma'phêl'yâh)? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? |
| Jer 13:16 | Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness (H2821- châshak), and before your feet stumble upon the dark (H5399- nesheph) mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness (H6205- 'ārâphel). |
| Ezek 32:8 | All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark (H6937- qâdar) over thee, and set darkness (H2822- chôshek) upon thy land, saith the Lord God. |
| Dan 2:22 | He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness (H2816- chāshôwk), and the light dwelleth with him. |
| Am 5:20 | Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness (H2822- chôshek), and not light? even very dark (H651- 'âphêl), and no brightness in it? |
| NT | |
| Mt 4:16 | The people which sat in darkness (G4655- skótos) saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. |
| Luke 1:79 | To give light to them that sit in darkness (G4655- skótos) and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. |
| (quoting Isaiah 9:2) | The people that walked in darkness (H2822- chôshek) have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. |
| Mt 6:23 | But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness (G4652- skoteinós). If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness (G4655- skótos), how great is that darkness (G4655- skótos)! |
| Mt 10:27 | What I tell you in darkness (G4653- skotía), that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. |
| 2Pt 2:4 | For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness (G2217- zóphos), to be reserved unto judgment; |
| Rev 16:10 | And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness (G4656- skotóō); and they gnawed their tongues for pain, |
Darkness
- Old Testament
- 97 verses
- 14 different words
- H2822- Chôshek (Noun Masculine, 80x in 77 verses, “1) Darkness, obscurity; a) darkness, b) secret place”, Genesis 1:2)
- Verses used twice: Exodus 10:21; Ecclesiastes 6:4; Isaiah 5:20)
- H2825- Chāshêkâh (Noun Feminine, 5x in 5 verses, “Darkness”, Genesis 15:12)
- H6205- 'Ārâphel (Noun Masculine, 15x in 15 verses, “Cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness”; Exodus 20:21)
- H653- 'Āphêlâh (Noun Feminine, 10x in 10 verses, “1) Darkness, gloominess, calamity; 2) wickedness (fig.)”, Deuteronomy 28:29)
- H3990- Ma'āphêl (Noun Masculine, 1x in 1 verse, “Darkness”, Joshua 24:7)
- H652- 'Ôphel (Noun Masculine, 9x in 8 verses, “1) Darkness, gloom; 2)spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)”, Job 3:6)
- H5890- 'Êyphâh (Noun Feminine, 2x in 2 verses, “Darkness”
- Job 10:22-- “A land of darkness (H5890- 'Êyphâh), as darkness (H652- 'Ôphel) itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness (H652- 'Ôphel).”
- H4285- Machshâk (Noun Masculine, 7x in 7 verses, “1) Dark place, darkness, secrecy; a) hiding-place, b) dark region, c) grave”, Psalm 88:6,18)
- H2821- Châshak (Verb, 19x in 18 verses, “1) To be or become dark, grow dim, be darkened, be black, be hidden; a) Qal- 1) to be or grow dark, 2) to have a dark color, 3) to grow dim; b) Hiphil- 1) to make dark, cause to be dark, 2) to hide conceal, 3) to obscure, confuse”, Psalm 105:28)
- H3991- Ma'phêl'yâh (Noun Feminine, 1x in 1 verse, “Deep darkness, darkness”, Jeremiah 2:31)
- H5399- Nesheph (Noun Masculine, 12x in 12 verses, “1) Twilight; a) evening twilight; b) morning twilight”)
- Jeremiah 13:16-- “Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness (H2821- Châshak), and before your feet stumble upon the dark (H5399- Nesheph) mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness (H6205- 'Ārâphel).”
- H6937- Qâdar (Verb, 18x in 17 verses, “1) to mourn, be dark; a) (Qal) to be dark; b) (Hiphil), 1) to darken, 2) to cause to mourn; c) (Hithpael) to grow dark”)
- Ezekiel 32:8-- “All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark (H6937- Qâdar) over thee, and set darkness (H2822- Chôshek) upon thy land, saith the Lord God.”
- H2816- Chāshôwk (Noun Masculine, 1x in 1 verse, “Darkness”, Daniel 2:22)
- H651- 'Âphêl (Adjective, 1x in 1 verse, “Gloomy, dark”)
- Amos 5:20-- “Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness (H2822- Chôshek), and not light? even very dark (H651- 'Âphêl), and no brightness in it?
- Other instances of 2 or 3 words for darkness in same verse:
- Deuteronomy 4:11-- “And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness (H6205- 'Ārâphel), clouds, and thick darkness (H2822- Chôshek).”
- Job 10:22 (already mentioned [H5890- 'Êyphâh]
- ***Job 23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness (H2822- Chôshek), neither hath he covered the darkness (H652- 'Ôphel) from my face.
- ***Job 28:3 He setteth an end to darkness (H2822- Chôshek), and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness (H652- 'Ôphel), and the shadow of death.
- Psalm 105:28-- “He sent darkness (H2822- Chôshek), and made it dark (H2821- Châshak); and they rebelled not against his word.”
- Psalm 139:12-- “Yea, the darkness (H2822- Chôshek) hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness (H2825- Chāshêkâh) and the light are both alike to thee.”
- Isaiah 5:30-- “And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness (H2822- Chôshek) and sorrow, and the light is darkened (H2821- Châshak) in the heavens thereof.”
- Isaiah 8:22-- “And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness (H2825- Chāshêkâh), dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness (H653- 'Āphêlâh).
- Isaiah 60:2-- “For, behold, the darkness (H2822- Chôshek) shall cover the earth, and gross darkness (H6205- 'Ārâphel) the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.”
- Jeremiah 13:16-- (already mentioned [H5399- Nesheph]
- Ezekiel 32:8-- (already mentioned [H6937- Qâdar]
- ****Joel 2:2-- “A day of darkness (H2822- Chôshek) and of gloominess (H653- 'Āphêlâh), a day of clouds and of thick darkness (H6205- 'Ārâphel), 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.”
- Amos 5:20-- (already mentioned [H651- 'Âphêl]
- ****Zephaniah 1:15-- “That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness (H2822- Chôshek) and gloominess (H653- 'Āphêlâh), a day of clouds and thick darkness (H6205- 'Ārâphel),”
- New Testament
- 45 verses
- 5 different words
- G4655- Skótos (Noun Neuter, 32x in 31 verses, “1) darkness, a) of night darkness, b) of darkened night or blindness; 2) metaph. a) of ignorance respecting divinne things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell, b) persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway”; Matthew 4:16)
- Notes of Interest:
- Luke 1:79 quotes Isaiah 9:2 [:.(?) “G4655- Skótos” = “H2822- Chôshek”]
- Acts 2:20 quotes Joel 2:31 [:.(?) “G4655- Skótos” = “H2822- Chôshek”]
- G4652- Skoteinós (Adjective, 3x in 3 verses,”Full of darkness, covered with darkness”)
- Matthew 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness (G4652- Skoteinós). If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness (G4655- Skótos)!
- G4653- Skotía (Noun Feminine, 16x in 12 verses, “1) darkness, 2) the darkness due to want of light, 3) metaph. Used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery in hell”; Matthew 10:27)
- Verses used twice: John 1:5; 12:35; 1 John 2:11 [3x]
- G2217- Zóphos (Noun Masculine, 4x in 4 verses, “1) Darkness, blackness, a) used of the darkness of the netherworld”; 2 Peter 2:4)
- G4656- Skotóō (Verb, 1x in 1 verses; “1) to darken, cover with darkness; 2) metaph. To darken or blind the mind’; Revelation 16:10)
EXHAUSTIVE LISTS:
O.T.--
| H2822- chôshek | Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Genesis 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. | |
| H2825- chāshêkâh | Genesis 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. | |
| H2822- chôshek | X2 | Exodus 10:21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. |
| H2822- chôshek | Exodus 10:22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: | |
| H2822- chôshek | Exodus 14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. | |
| H6205- 'ārâphel | Exodus 20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. | |
| 1) H6205- 'ārâphel; 2) H2822- chôshek | Deuteronomy 4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. | |
| H6205- 'ārâphel | Deuteronomy 5:22 These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Deuteronomy 5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; | |
| H653- 'āphêlâh | Deuteronomy 28:29 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 evermore, and no man shall save thee. | |
| H3990- ma'āphêl | Joshua 24:7 And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. | |
| H2822- chôshek | 1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. | |
| H6205- 'ārâphel | 2 Samuel 22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. | |
| H2822- chôshek | 2 Samuel 22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. | |
| H2822- chôshek | 2 Samuel 22:29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. | |
| H6205- 'ārâphel | 1 Kings 8:12 Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. | |
| H6205- 'ārâphel | 2 Chronicles 6:1 Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. | |
| H652- 'ôphel | Job 3:6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; | |
| 1) H5890- 'êyphâh; 2 & 3) H652- 'ôphel | Job 10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 15:30 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. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 20:26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. | |
| 1) H2822- chôshek; 2) H652- 'ôphel | Job 23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. | |
| 1) H2822- chôshek; 2) H652- 'ôphel | Job 28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; | |
| H652- 'ôphel | Job 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. | |
| H6205- 'ārâphel | Job 37:19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. | |
| H6205- 'ārâphel | Job 38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, | |
| H2822- chôshek | Job 38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, | |
| H6205- 'ārâphel | Psalm 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Psalm 18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Psalm 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. | |
| H2825- chāshêkâh | Psalm 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. | |
| H4285- machshâk | Psalm 88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. | |
| H4285- machshâk | Psalm 88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. | |
| H652- 'ôphel | Psalm 91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. | |
| H6205- 'ārâphel | Psalm 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Psalm 104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. | |
| 1) H2822- chôshek; 2) H2821- châshak | Psalm 105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Psalm 107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; | |
| H2822- chôshek | Psalm 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Psalm 112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Psalm 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. | |
| 1) H2822- chôshek; 2) H2825- chāshêkâh | Psalm 139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. | |
| H4285- machshâk | Psalm 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Proverbs 2:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; | |
| H653- 'āphêlâh | Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Proverbs 20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Ecclesiastes 2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Ecclesiastes 2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Ecclesiastes 5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | X2 | Ecclesiastes 6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. |
| H2822- chôshek | Ecclesiastes 11:8 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. | |
| H2822- chôshek | X2 | Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! |
| 1) H2822- chôshek; 2) H2821- châshak | Isaiah 5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. | |
| 1) H2825- chāshêkâh; 2) H653- 'āphêlâh | Isaiah 8:22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Isaiah 9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Isaiah 29:18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Isaiah 42:7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. | |
| H4285- machshâk | Isaiah 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Isaiah 45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Isaiah 47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Isaiah 49:9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. | |
| H2825- chāshêkâh | Isaiah 50:10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. | |
| H653- 'āphêlâh | Isaiah 58:10 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 noon day: | |
| H653- 'āphêlâh | Isaiah 59:9 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. | |
| 1) H2822- chôshek; 2) H6205- 'ārâphel | Isaiah 60:2 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. | |
| H3991- ma'phêl'yâh | Jeremiah 2:31 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? | |
| 1) H2821- châshak; 2) H5399- nesheph; 3) H6205- 'ārâphel | Jeremiah 13:16 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. | |
| H653- 'āphêlâh | Jeremiah 23:12 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. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Lamentations 3:2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. | |
| 1) H6937- qâdar; 2) H2822- chôshek | Ezekiel 32:8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God. | |
| H2816- chāshôwk | Daniel 2:22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. | |
| 1) H2822- chôshek; 2) ["gloominess'] H653- 'āphêlâh; 3) H6205- 'ārâphel | Joel 2:2 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. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come. | |
| H5890- 'êyphâh | Amos 4:13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Amos 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. | |
| 1) H2822- chôshek; 2) H651- 'âphêl | Amos 5:20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? | |
| H2822- chôshek | Micah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. | |
| H2822- chôshek | Nahum 1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. | |
| 1) H2822- chôshek; 2) ["gloominess'] H653- 'āphêlâh; 3) H6205- 'ārâphel | Zephaniah 1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, |
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| G4655- skótos | Matthew 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. | |
| 1) G4652- skoteinós; 2) & 3) G4655- skótos | Matthew 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! | |
| G4655- skótos | Matthew 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. | |
| G4653- skotía | Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. | |
| G4655- skótos | Matthew 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. | |
| G4655- skótos | Matthew 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. | |
| G4655- skótos | Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. | |
| G4655- skótos | Mark 15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. | |
| G4655- skótos | Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. | |
| G4652- skoteinós | Luke 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. | |
| G4655- skótos | Luke 11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. | |
| G4653- skotía | Luke 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. | |
| G4655- skótos | Luke 22:53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. | |
| G4655- skótos | Luke 23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. | |
| G4653- skotía | X2 | John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. |
| G4655- skótos | John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. | |
| G4653- skotía | John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. | |
| G4653- skotía | X2 | John 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. |
| G4653- skotía | John 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. | |
| G4655- skótos | Acts 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: | |
| G4655- skótos | Acts 13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. | |
| G4655- skótos | Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. | |
| G4655- skótos | Romans 2:19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, | |
| G4655- skótos | Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. | |
| G4655- skótos | 1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. | |
| G4655- skótos | 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. | |
| G4655- skótos | 2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? | |
| G4655- skótos | Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: | |
| G4655- skótos | Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. | |
| G4655- skótos | Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. | |
| G4655- skótos | Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: | |
| G4655- skótos | 1 Thessalonians 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. | |
| G4655- skótos | 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. | |
| G4655- skótos | Hebrews 12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, | |
| G4655- skótos | 1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; | |
| G2217- zóphos | 2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; | |
| G4655- skótos | 2 Peter 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. | |
| G4653- skotía | 1 John 1:5 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. | |
| G4655- skótos | 1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: | |
| G4653- skotía | 1 John 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. | |
| G4653- skotía | 1 John 2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. | |
| G4653- skotía | X3 | 1 John 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. |
| G2217- zóphos | Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. | |
| G4655- skótos | Jude 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. | |
| G4656- skotóō | Revelation 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, |
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