Darkness

Symbolic (1) of spiritual blindness or ignorance (Isa. 9:2; Matt. 6:23; John 1:5; 3:19; 8:12; 12:35, 46; Rom. 13:12; Eph. 5:8, 11; 1 Thes. 5:5; 1 Pet. 2:9; 1 Jn. 1:5–6; 2:8–11); (2) of death (“land of darkness,” Job 10:21–22) and of separation from God (Matt. 8:12; 22:13; 25:30; 2 Pet. 2:17; Jude 1:6, 13).