Darkness

D'ARKNESS, noun

1. Absence of light.

And darkness was on the face of the deep. [[Genesis 1#2|Genesis 1:2]].

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#19|John 3:19]].

4. A private place; secrecy; privacy.

What I tell in darkness that speak ye in light.

[[Matthew 10#27|Matthew 10:27]].

5. Infernal gloom; hell; as utter darkness [[Matthew 22#13|Matthew 22:13]].

6. Great trouble and distress; calamities; perplexities.

A day of clouds and thick darkness [[Joel 2#2|Joel 2:2]].

7. Empire of Satan.

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness

[[Colossians 1#13|Colossians 1:13]].

8. Opakeness.

Land of darkness the grave. [[Job 10#21|Job 10:21]].