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Strong's #2822 - חשֶׁךְ

Transliteration

chôshek

Phonetics

kho-shek'

Origin

from (H2821)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

769a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

darkness, obscurity
1. darkness
2. secret place

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3509 ‑ νέφος (nef'‑os); 1105 ‑ γνόφος (gnof'‑os); 4652 ‑ σκοτεινός (skot‑i‑nos'); 4655 ‑ σκότος (skot'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (80)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 23

Psalms 11

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

BSB (80)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 23

Psalms 11

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

CSB (68)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 23

Psalms 11

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

ESV (104)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 23

Psalms 11

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 6

Song of Solomon 24

Isaiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

KJV (80)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 23

Psalms 11

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

LEB (80)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 23

Psalms 11

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

LSB (79)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 23

Psalms 11

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

N95 (69)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 23

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

NAS (80)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 23

Psalms 11

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (80)

Genesis 4

Exodus 4

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 23

Psalms 11

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 14

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

Joel 2

Amos 2

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

ASV (80)

all darkness 1

and as for darkness 1

and darkness 2

and out of darkness 1

and the darkness 2

and thine obscurity 1

be dark 1

be darkness 2

behold, darkness 1

but, behold, darkness 1

cloud, and thick darkness 1

darkness 10

even darkness 1

even the darkness 1

for darkness 1

for, behold, darkness 1

from the darkness 1

in darkness 8

in the dark 4

in the darkness 2

into darkness 3

it is darkness 1

let darkness 1

me to walk in darkness 1

my darkness 2

of darkness 11

of the darkness 1

or darkness 1

out of darkness 3

surely the darkness 1

that there may be darkness 1

the darkness 3

thee into darkness 1

there is no darkness 1

through darkness 1

to darkness 1

to them that are in darkness 1

when it was dark 1

with darkness 2

BSB (80)

and darkness 2

and the darkness 1

are in darkness 1

at dusk 1

be darkness 1

dark 1

darkness 21

in darkness 11

in obscurity 1

in the dark 1

in the darkness 5

into darkness 2

is darkness 1

it is so dark 1

may darkness 1

my darkness 2

of darkness 10

so that darkness 1

the darkness 8

the deep darkness 1

there in the darkness 1

through the darkness 1

to darkness 3

to the darkness 1

with darkness 1

CSB (68)

and darkness 1

black 1

dark 1

darkness 32

in darkness 3

into darkness 2

my darkness 2

nightfall 1

of darkness 9

our darkness 1

the dark 1

the darkness 11

through darkness 1

to darkness 1

with darkness 1

ESV (104)

dark 5

darkness 97

gloom 1

obscurity 1

KJV (80)

dark 7

darkness 70

night 1

obscurity 2

LEB (80)

⌊dark with a very thick cloud⌋ 1

⌊for the night⌋ 1

a dark 1

and 1

and darkness 2

and departs into darkness 1

and the darkness 1

are in darkness 1

dark 1

darkness 32

darkness of 1

darkness⌋ 3

for darkness 1

he broughtdarkness 1

i walked through darkness 1

in darkness 6

in the dark 1

in the darkness 6

into darkness 1

into the darkness 1

it is so dark 1

my darkness 2

of darkness 1

the dark 1

the darkness 4

there is darkness 1

to darkness 2

will be darkness 1

LSB (79)

dark 5

darkness 74

N95 (69)

dark 4

darkness 63

obscurity 2

NAS (80)

dark 4

darkness 76

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (80)

all darkness 1

and darkness 1

and out of darkness 1

and the darkness 2

and your obscurity 1

as for darkness 1

be dark 1

be darkness 2

darkness 11

even darkness 1

even the darkness 1

for darkness 1

from the darkness 1

in darkness 7

in the dark 4

in the darkness 2

into darkness 4

it is darkness 1

let darkness 1

me to walk in darkness 1

of darkness 12

of the darkness 1

or darkness 1

out of darkness 3

surely the darkness 1

that there may be darkness 1

the darkness 2

there is no darkness 1

through darkness 1

to darkness 1

to those who are in darkness 1

up my darkness 2

when it was dark 1

with darkness 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2215) k s h (ההסהכ HhShK) AC: Darken CO: Dark AB: Darkness: [from: hs- a dark place]

V) k s h (ההסהכ HhShK) - Darken: KJV (19): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) darken, dark, blacker, darkness, dim, hide - Strongs: H2821 (חָשַׁךְ)

N^f1) e k s h (ההסהכה HhShKH) - Dark: KJV (6): dark, darkness - Strongs: H2824 (חֶשְׁכָה), H2825 (חֲשֵׁיכָה)

a^m) k s h m (מההסהכ MHhShK) - Dark place: KJV (7): darkness, dark - Strongs: H4285 (מַחְשָׁךְ)

c^m) k f s h (ההסהוכ HhShWK) - Darkness: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (2): mean - Strongs: H2816 (חֲשׁוֹךְ), H2823 (חָשֹׁךְ)

g^m) k s f h (ההוסהכ HhWShK) - Darkness: KJV (80): darkness, dark, obscurity, night - Strongs: H2822 (חשֶׁךְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

ח֫שֶׁךְ noun masculine^{Exodus 10:21} darkness, obscurity — absolute חשֶׁךְ Genesis 1:2 75t. (+ Ezekiel 8:12 strike out Co A B etc.); construct id. Exodus 10:22; suffix חָשְׁכִּי Psalm 18:29 = 2 Samuel 22:29; —

1 darkness (opposed to אוֺר) literal Genesis 1:2,4 (P), Isaiah 45:7; Job 26:10; Ecclesiastes 2:13, compare in imprecation Job 3:4,5 (וצלמות׳ח) = לילה Genesis 1:5,18 (P), compare Joshua 2:5 (JE), Isaiah 45:19; Job 17:12; Job 24:16; Job 38:19; Psalm 104:20; darkness in mines Job 28:3; of extraordinary darkness, in Egypt Exodus 10:21 (twice in verse) (E); אֲֿפֵלָה׳ח Exodus 10:22 (E), Psalm 105:28, from pillar of cloud Exodus 14:20; at Mt. Sinai Deuteronomy 4:11; Deuteronomy 5:20; of clouds of theophany 2 Samuel 22:12 = Psalm 18:12; of darkness in death, or She'ô l, 1 Samuel 2:9; Job 10:21 (וצלמות׳אֶרֶץ ח), Job 17:13; Job 18:18; Psalm 88:13; Proverbs 20:20 (׳אִישׁוֺן ח = extreme of darkness).

2 = secret place(s) Isaiah 45:3; Job 12:22 ("" צלמות); = hiding-place Job 34:22 ("" id.), compare Psalm 139:11; Psalm 139:12; — on Ezekiel 8:12, see above 3 figurative,

a. = distress Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 9:1; Isaiah 29:18 (figurative of blindness), Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 49:9; Isaiah 58:10; Isaiah 59:9; Isaiah 60:2; Lamentations 3:2; Micah 7:8; Psalm 18:29 = 2 Samuel 22:29; Job 15:22,23,30; Job 20:26; Job 22:11; Job 23:17; Job 29:3; Psalm 107:10; Psalm 107:14 (in both "" צלמות), Psalm 112:4; Ecclesiastes 5:16; Ecclesiastes 11:8.

b. = dread, terror, symbolic of judgment Amos 5:18,20; Zephaniah 1:15; Nahum 1:8; Ezekiel 32:8; Joel 2:4; Joel 3:4.

c. = mourning Isaiah 47:5.

d. = perplexity Job 5:14; Job 12:25; Job 19:8; confusion Psalm 35:6.

e. = ignorance Job 37:19; Ecclesiastes 2:14.

f. = evil, sin Isaiah 5:20 (twice in verse); Proverbs 2:13.

g. = obscurity Ecclesiastes 6:4 (twice in verse).

חשׁך (see Biblical Hebrew חֹשֶׁךְ darkness, √ חשׁך).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חשֶׁךְ m.

(1) darkness, Genesis 1:2, seq.; Exodus 10:21, 22 Exodus 10:22, etc.; hence spoken of a dark place, as of Hades, Psalms 88:13 compare Job 10:21 of an underground prison, Isaiah 42:7, 47:5 49:9. אוֹצְרוֹת חשֶׁךְ treasures of darkness; i.e. hid in darkness, in underground cells, Isaiah 45:3.

(2) metaph.

(a) misery, adversity. Isaiah 9:1; Job 15:22, לֹא יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי חשֶׁךְ “he does not hope to return out of darkness (or destruction);” 23 Job 15:23, 30 Job 15:30, 20:26 23:17 Micah 7:8; Amos 5:18, 20 Psalms 18:29. Also used of death, Ecclesiastes 11:8 compare אוֹר used of life, verse Ecclesiastes 11:7.

(b) ignorance, Job 37:19 (comp. 12:15, and there verse 24 Job 37:24).

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List of Word Forms

בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְ בַּחֹ֖שֶׁךְ בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בַּחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ בַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ בחשך הַחֹ֑שֶׁךְ הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ הַחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ החשך החשך׃ וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ וּמֵחֹ֔שֶׁךְ ובחשך והחשך וחשך ולחשך ומחשך חָשְׁכִּֽי׃ חֹ֑שֶׁךְ חֹ֔שֶׁךְ חֹ֖שֶׁךְ חֹ֗שֶׁךְ חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ חֹ֛שֶׁךְ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ חֹ֤שֶׁךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ חֹ֨שֶׁךְ ׀ חֹ֭שֶׁךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ־ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ חֹשֶׁךְ֮ חשך חשך־ חשך׃ חשכי׃ לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ לחשך מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְ מחשך ba·ḥō·šeḵ ḇa·ḥō·šeḵ baChoshech baḥōšeḵ ḇaḥōšeḵ chasheKi Choshech ha·ḥō·šeḵ ḥā·šə·kî haChoshech haḥōšeḵ ḥāšəkî ḥō·šeḵ ḥō·šeḵ- ḥōšeḵ ḥōšeḵ- la·ḥō·šeḵ laChoshech laḥōšeḵ lə·ḥō·šeḵ leChoshech ləḥōšeḵ mê·ḥō·šeḵ meChoshech mêḥōšeḵ ū·ḇa·ḥō·šeḵ ū·mê·ḥō·šeḵ ūḇaḥōšeḵ umeChoshech ūmêḥōšeḵ uvaChoshech vaChoshech veChoshech vehaChoshech velaChoshech wə·ha·ḥō·šeḵ wə·ḥō·šeḵ wə·la·ḥō·šeḵ wəhaḥōšeḵ wəḥōšeḵ wəlaḥōšeḵ