Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. 2. (superl.) of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed. 3. (superl.) Not noticeable; humble; mean. 4. (superl.) Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription. 5. (superl.) Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects. 6. (v.) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious. 7. (v. i.) To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. 8. (n.) Obscurity.

Multi-Version Concordance Obscure (7 Occurrences) 2 Corinthians 6:9 as obscure persons, and yet are well known; as on the point of death, and yet, strange to tell, we live; as under God's discipline, and yet we are not deprived of life; (WEY) 2 Peter 1:19 And we have the prophetic word made surer, to which ye do well taking heed (as to a lamp shining in an obscure place) until the day dawn and the morning star arise in your hearts; (DBY) Proverbs 20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. (KJV WBS) Proverbs 22:29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men. (WEB YLT NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 33:19 Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you. (See RSV NIV) Ezekiel 3:6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you. (See NIV) Ezekiel 28:3 behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! nothing secret is obscure for thee; (DBY)