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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 1 / 2 (Gen 1:2–Ecc 2:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness is on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - And God seeth the light that it is good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - and God calleth to the light 'Day,' and to the darkness He hath called 'Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that it is good;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Stretch out thy hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness is felt.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness -- thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - and cometh in between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and the cloud and the darkness are, and he enlighteneth the night, and the one hath not drawn near unto the other all the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens -- darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - 'And it cometh to pass as ye hear the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and of the mountain burning with fire, that ye come near unto me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - and it cometh to pass -- the gate is to be shut -- in the dark, and the men have gone out; I have not known whither the men have gone; pursue ye, hasten after them, for ye overtake them;'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 - The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And He setteth darkness Round about Him -- tabernacles, Darkness of waters -- thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For Thou art my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:23 - He is wandering for bread -- 'Where is it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If I wait -- Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk through darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:19 - Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - Where is this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where is this -- its place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6 - Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 - Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 - He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:4 - Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 - And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night is light to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12 - Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as is darkness so is light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13 - Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

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