Hebrew word for darkness is – Choshek = IGNORANCE (Brown-Driver-Briggs)(= absence of the knowledge of God/and His ways, the eyes of their understanding being darkened – Eph 1:18/ 4:17,18/Heb 6:4/2Pet 1: 2,3/Job 21:14/33:30/Hosea 4:6/6:6/Pro 2:5)(them that walk in (the ways of) darkness (contrary to the paths of uprightness – Pro 2:13) are considered fools – Eccl 2:14 – he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth – John 12:35 – for they are ignorant of the existance of God – Psalm 14:1) – its effect: Walking in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them (ergo the wrath of God abides on them – Col 3:6/Rom 2:5/John 3:36), because of the blindness of their heart – 2Cor 4:4/ Eph 4:18/Acts 17:30/1Pet 1:14)(the antonym of darkness is light – the Hebrew word for knowledge is “light” and only the knowledge of the glorious gospel of Christ can release a person from the grip/power of the prince of ignorance – 2Cor 4:4/Acts 26:18/Col 1:13/Rev 16:10 – For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ – 2 Cor 4:6) – For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace –1Cor 14:33 – Human-beings are born ignorant due to the original sin; but God is light (In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge – Col 2:2,3), and in him is no darkness at all –1John 1:5 – and when we repent and turn to God – Acts 17:30 – darkness (ignorance) becomes past, and the true light will begin to shine –1John 2:8 – the eyes of your understanding gets enlightened – Eph 1:18 – only if you will let the day star, which is Christ, arise in your hearts (by faith) – 2Pet 1:19 – for Christ the light of men shines in darkness; but darkness (ignorance) comprehends it not – John 1:4,5 – He is the true Light, which lights every man that cometh into the world – John 1:9 – Acknowledge Him –1John 2: 23 – While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light – John 12:35,36).