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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 22:12Psalm 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,
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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2822 matches the Hebrew חֹשֶׁךְ (ḥōšeḵ),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 -

Woe to those who call evil good

and good evil,

who substitute darkness for light

and light for darkness,

who substitute bitter for sweet

and sweet for bitter.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30 -

On that day they will roar over it,

like the roaring of the sea.

When one looks at the land,

there will be darkness and distress;

light will be obscured by clouds.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 -

The people walking in darkness

have seen a great light;

a light has dawned

on those living in the land of darkness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 -

On that day the deaf will hear

the words of a document,

and out of a deep darkness

the eyes of the blind will see.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7 -

“in order to open blind eyes,

to bring out prisoners from the dungeon,

and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:3 -

“I will give you the treasures of darkness

and riches from secret places,

so that you may know that I am the LORD.

I am the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 -

“I form light and create darkness,

I make success and create disaster;

I am the LORD, who does all these things.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 -

“I have not spoken in secret,

somewhere in a land of darkness.

I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:

Seek me in a wasteland.

I am the LORD, who speaks righteously,

who declares what is right.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:5 -

“Daughter Chaldea,

sit in silence and go into darkness.

For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 -

saying to the prisoners, “Come out,”

and to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.”

They will feed along the pathways,

and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 -

“and if you offer yourself[fn] to the hungry,

and satisfy the afflicted one,

then your light will shine in the darkness,

and your night will be like noonday.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 -

Therefore justice is far from us,

and righteousness does not reach us.

We hope for light, but there is darkness;

for brightness, but we live in the night.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 -

For look, darkness will cover the earth,

and total darkness the peoples;

but the LORD will shine over you,

and his glory will appear over you.

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