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Lexicon :: Strong's H2822 - ḥōšeḵ

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חֹשֶׁךְ
Transliteration
ḥōšeḵ
Pronunciation
kho-shek'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 769a

Strong’s Definitions

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek, kho-shek'; from H2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness:—dark(-ness), night, obscurity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x

The KJV translates Strong's H2822 in the following manner: darkness (70x), dark (7x), obscurity (2x), night (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x
The KJV translates Strong's H2822 in the following manner: darkness (70x), dark (7x), obscurity (2x), night (1x).

  1. darkness, obscurity

    1. darkness

    2. secret place

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek, kho-shek'; from H2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness:—dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
STRONGS H2822: Abbreviations
† ח֫שֶׁךְ noun masculineExodus 10:21 darkness, obscurity — absolute חשֶׁךְ Genesis 1:2 + 75 times (+ Ezekiel 8:12 strike out Co A B etc.); construct id. Exodus 10:22; suffix חָשְׁכִּי Psalm 18:29 [Psalm 18:28]＝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 [Psalm 18:28]＝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).

Biblical Aramaic

חשׁך (see Biblical Hebrew חשֶׁךְ darkness, √ חשׁך).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:2; 1:2; 1:4; 1:5; 1:18

Exodus

10:21; 10:21; 10:22; 10:22; 14:20

Deuteronomy

4:11; 5:20

Joshua

2:5

1 Samuel

2:9

2 Samuel

22:12; 22:29; 22:29

Job

3:4; 3:5; 5:14; 10:21; 12:22; 12:25; 15:22; 15:23; 15:30; 17:12; 17:13; 18:18; 19:8; 20:26; 22:11; 23:17; 24:16; 26:10; 28:3; 29:3; 34:22; 37:19; 38:19

Psalms

18:12; 18:28; 18:28; 35:6; 88:13; 104:20; 105:28; 107:10; 107:14; 112:4; 139:11; 139:12

Proverbs

2:13; 20:20

Ecclesiastes

2:13; 2:14; 5:16; 6:4; 11:8

Isaiah

5:20; 5:30; 9:1; 29:18; 42:7; 45:3; 45:7; 45:19; 47:5; 49:9; 58:10; 59:9; 60:2

Lamentations

3:2

Ezekiel

8:12; 8:12; 32:8

Joel

2:4; 3:4

Amos

5:18; 5:20

Micah

7:8

Nahum

1:8

Zephaniah

1:15

H2822

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Strong's Number H2822 matches the Hebrew חֹשֶׁךְ (ḥōšeḵ),
which occurs 80 times in 77 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Ecc 2:14–Zep 1:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: H2822 and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:17 - All his days also he eateth in darkness, H2822 and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, H2822 and his name shall be covered with darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; H2822 for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness H2822 for light, and light for darkness; H2822 that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30 - And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness H2822 and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 - The people that walked in darkness H2822 have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7 - To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness H2822 out of the prison house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:3 - And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, H2822 and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - I form the light, and create darkness: H2822 I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - I have not spoken in secret, in a dark H2822 place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:5 - Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, H2822 O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 - That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, H2822 Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, H2822 and thy darkness be as the noonday:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; H2822 for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 - For, behold, the darkness H2822 shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:2 - He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, H2822 but not into light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:12 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, H2822 every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8 - All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness H2822 upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - A day of darkness H2822 and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 - The sun shall be turned into darkness, H2822 and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:18 - Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, H2822 and not light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:20 - Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, H2822 and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:8 - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, H2822 the LORD shall be a light unto me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness H2822 shall pursue his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 - That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness H2822 and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

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