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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 - And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 -
He will keep the feet of his holy ones;
But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness;
For by strength shall no man prevail.

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And he made darkness pavilions round about him,
Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah;
And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

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Let that day be darkness;
Let not God from above seek for it,
Neither let the light shine upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 -
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own;
Let a cloud dwell upon it;
Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 -
They meet with darkness in the day-time,
And grope at noonday as in the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 -
Before I go whence I shall not return,
Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

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

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They grope in the dark without light;
And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

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He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness,
And he is waited for of the sword.

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He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it?
He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

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He shall not depart out of darkness;
The flame shall dry up his branches,
And by the breath of God’s mouth shall he go away.

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They change the night into day:
The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 -
If I look for Sheol as my house;
If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

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He shall be driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 -
He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass,
And hath set darkness in my paths.

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All darkness is laid up for his treasures:
A fire not blown by man shall devour him;
It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

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Or darkness, so that thou canst not see,
And abundance of waters cover thee.

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Because I was not cut off before the darkness,
Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

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In the dark they dig through houses:
They shut themselves up in the day-time;
They know not the light.

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He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters,
Unto the confines of light and darkness.

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Man setteth an end to darkness,
And searcheth out, to the furthest bound,
The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

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When his lamp shined upon my head,
And by his light I walked through darkness;

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There is no darkness, nor thick gloom,
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

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Teach us what we shall say unto him;
For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.

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Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

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He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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For thou wilt light my lamp:
Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

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Let their way be dark and slippery,
And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.

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Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?
And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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Thou makest darkness, and it is night,
Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

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He sent darkness, and made it dark;
And they rebelled not against his words.

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Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Being bound in affliction and iron,

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He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And brake their bonds in sunder.

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Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness:
He is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

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If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me,
And the light about me shall be night;

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Even the darkness hideth not from thee,
But the night shineth as the day:
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

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Who forsake the paths of uprightness,
To walk in the ways of darkness;

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Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

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