Bible dictionaries
Darkly
What Bible dictionaries say about “Darkly”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Darkly - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
D'ARKLY, adv. Obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly; with imperfect light, clearness or knowledge.
They learn only what tradition has darkly conveyed
to them. Anon.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
dark'-li: The word occurs in 1Co 13:12, "For now we see in a mirror, darkly," in translation of the words en ainigmati, the Revised Version, margin "in a riddle." The contrast is with the "face to face" vision of Divine things in eternity. Earth's best knowledge is partial, obscure, enigmatic, a broken reflection of the complete truth ("broken lights of Thee").
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915