Definition

to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• be black
• be (make) dark
• darken
• cause darkness
• be dim
• hide

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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