Dict: easton - Darkness

easton:

Darkness @ The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt kjv@Exodus:10:21) is described as darkness "which may be felt." It covered "all the land of Egypt," so that "they saw not one another." It did not extend to the land of Goshen (ver. 23). When Jesus hung upon the cross kjv@Matthew:27:45; kjv@Luke:23:44), from the "sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour." On Mount Sinai, Moses kjv@Exodus:20:21) "drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." This was the "thick cloud upon the mount" in which Jehovah was when he spake unto Moses there. The Lord dwelt in the cloud upon the mercy-seat (kjvKings:8:12), the cloud of glory. When the psalmist kjv@Psalms:97:2) describes the inscrutable nature of God's workings among the sons of men, he says, "Clouds and darkness are round about him." God dwells in thick darkness. Darkness kjv@Isaiah:13:9-10; kjv@Matthew:24:29) also is a symbol of the judgments that attend on the coming of the Lord. It is a symbol of misery and adversity kjv@Job:18:6; kjv@Psalms:107:10; kjv@Isaiah:8:22; kjv@Ezekiel:30:18). The "day of darkness" in kjv@Joel:2:2, caused by clouds of locusts, is a symbol of the obscurity which overhangs all divine proceedings. "Works of darkness" are impure actions kjv@Ephesians:5:11). "Outer darkness" refers to the darkness of the streets in the East, which are never lighted up by any public or private lamps after nightfall, in contrast with the blaze of cheerful light in the house. It is also a symbol of ignorance kjv@Isaiah:9:2 kjv@Isaiah:60:2; kjv@Matthew:6:23) and of death kjv@Job:10:21 kjv@Job:17:13).