Meaning
Darkness Over the face of the earth
Gen 1:2; Job 38:9; Jer 4:23
Called Night
Gen 1:5
God creates
Isa 45:7
Miraculous:
- In Egypt
Exo 10:22; Psa 105:28
- At Sinai
Exo 20:21; Heb 12:18
- At the crucifixion
Mat 27:45; Mar 15:33
Figurative:
- Of judgments
Pro 20:20; Isa 8:22; Isa 13:10; Jer 4:28; Jer 13:16; Lam 3:2; Eze 32:8; Joe 2:2; Joe 2:10; Amo 4:13; Amo 5:18; Amo 5:20; Amo 8:9; Mic 7:8; Mat 24:29; Mar 13:24; Luk 23:45; Rev 8:12; Rev 9:2
- »Outer darkness«
Mat 8:12; Mat 22:13; Mat 25:30
- »Power of darkness«
Luk 22:53; Eph 6:12; Col 1:13; 1Th 5:5; Rev 16:10
- Of spiritual blindness
Isa 9:2; Mat 4:16; Luk 1:79; Isa 42:16; Isa 50:10; Mat 6:23; Mat 8:12; Joh 1:5; Joh 3:21; Joh 8:12; Joh 11:10; Act 26:18; Rom 1:21; Rom 13:13; 1Co 4:5; 2Co 4:6; 2Co 6:14; Eph 5:8; Eph 5:11; 1Th 5:5; 1Pe 2:9; 1Jn 1:7; 1Jn 2:11
Blindness, Spiritual
The darkness of the holy of holies was symbolic of the dwelling place of Jehovah
- General references
Exo 19:16; 2Sa 22:12; 2Ch 6:1; 1Ki 8:12; Psa 18:11; Psa 97:2; Heb 12:18
Tabernacle, The Most Holy Place
