D'ARKNESS, n.
1. Absence of light.
And darkness was on the face of the deep. Genesis 1
2. Obscurity want of clearness or perspicuity that quality or state which renders any thing difficult to be understood as the darkness of counsels.
3. A state of being intellectually clouded ignorance.
Men loved darkness rather than light. John 3
4. A private place secrecy privacy.
What I tell in darkness, that speak ye in light. Matthew 10
5. Infernal gloom hell as utter darkness. Matthew 22
6. Great trouble and distress calamities perplexities.
A day of clouds and thick darkness. Joel 2 Is. viii.
7. Empire of Satan.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness. Colossians 1
8. Opakeness.
Land of darkness, the grave. Job 10
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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