FROM SMITH’S BIBLE DICTIONARY (1884)

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1884) — public domain, printed whole.

is spoken of as encompassing the actual presence of God, as that out of which he speaks, --the envelope, as it were, of divine glory. (Exodus 20:21; 1�Kings 8:12) The plague of darkness in Egypt was miraculous. The darkness "over all the land," (Matthew 27:45) attending the crucifixion has been attributed to an eclipse, but was undoubtedly miraculous, as no eclipse of the sun could have taken place at that time, the moon being at the full at the time of the passover. Darkness is also, as in the expression "land of darkness," used for the state of the dead, (Job 10:21,22) and frequently, figuratively, for ignorance and unbelief, as the privation of spiritual light. (John 1:5; 3:19)

THE TOPICAL BIBLE — from Nave’s Topical Bible

Nave’s Topical Bible — public domain, printed whole.

→ Over the face of the earth Ge 1:2; Job 38:9; Jer 4:23

→ Called NIGHT Ge 1:5

→ God creates Isa 45:7

→ Miraculous

In Egypt Ex 10:21,22; Ps 105:28

At Mount Sinai Ex 20:21; Heb 12:18

At the crucifixion Mt 27:45; Mr 15:33

→ FIGURATIVE

Of judgments Pr 20:20; Isa 8:22; 13:10; Jer 4:28; 13:16; La 3:2; Eze 32:7,8; Joe 2:2,10; Am 4:13; 5:18,20; 8:9; Mic 7:8; Mt 24:29; Mr 13:24; Lu 23:45; Re 8:12; 9:2

“ Outer darkness,” Mt 8:12; 22:13; 25:30

“ Power of darkness,” Lu 22:53; Eph 6:12; Col 1:13; 1Th 5:5; Re 16:10

OF SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS Isa 9:2; 42:16; 50:10; Mt 4:16; 6:22,23; 8:12; Lu 1:79; Joh 1:5; 3:19-21; 8:12; 11:9,10; Ac 26:18; Ro 1:21; 13:12,13; 1Co 4:5; 2Co 4:6; 6:14; Eph 5:8,11; 1Th 5:4,5; 1Pe 2:9; 1Jo 1:5-7; 2:8-11

See BLINDNESS, SPIRITUAL

The darkness of the Holy of Holies was symbolical of the dwelling place of Jehovah

See MOST HOLY PLACE, under the topic TABERNACLE

See also the following scriptures Ex 19:16; 2Sa 22:10-12; 1Ki 8:12; 2Ch 6:1; Ps 18:11; 97:2; Heb 12:18

FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)

Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.

- Created by God

Ps 104:20; Isa 45:7

- Originally covered the earth

Ge 1:2

- Separated from the light

Ge 1:4

- Called night

Ge 1:5

- Caused by the setting of the sun

Ge 15:17; Joh 6:17

- Inexplicable nature of

Job 38:19,20

- Exhibits God's power and greatness

Job 38:8,9

- DEGREES OF, MENTIONED

. Great

Ge 15:12

. That may be felt

Ex 10:21

. Thick

De 5:22; Joe 2:2

. Gross

Jer 13:16

. Outer or extreme

Mt 8:12

- EFFECTS OF

. Keeps us from seeing objects

Ex 10:23

. Causes us to go astray

Joh 12:35; 1Jo 2:11

. Causes us to stumble

Isa 59:10

- Often put for night

Ps 91:6

- Called the swaddling band of the sea

Job 38:9

- Cannot hide us from God

Ps 139:11,12

- THE WICKED

. The children of

1Th 5:5

. Live in

Ps 107:10

. Walk in

Ps 82:5

. Perpetuate their designs in

Job 24:16

. Are full of

Mt 6:23

- MIRACULOUS

. On mount Sinai

Ex 19:16; Heb 12:18

. Over the land of Egypt

Ex 10:21,22

. At the death of Christ

Mt 27:45

. Before the destruction of Jerusalem

Mt 24:29

- ILLUSTRATIVE OF

. Greatness and unsearchableness of God

Ex 20:21; 2Sa 22:10,12; 1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2

. Abstruse and deep subjects

Job 28:3

. Secrecy

Isa 45:19; Mt 10:27

. Ignorance and error

Job 37:19; Isa 60:2; Joh 1:5; 3:19; 12:35; Ac 26:18

. Anything hateful

Job 3:4-9

. A course of sin

Pr 2:13; Eph 5:11

. Heavy afflictions

Job 23:17; Ps 112:4; Ec 5:17; Isa 5:30; 8:22; 59:9

. The power of Satan

Eph 6:12; Col 1:13

. The grave

1Sa 2:9; Job 10:21,22

. The punishment of devils and wicked men

Mt 22:13; 2Pe 2:4,17; Jude 1:6,13