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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 empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over 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 between the light and 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 -- the first day.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt -- so that one may feel darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and was a cloud and darkness, and lit up the night; and the one did not come 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 to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 - He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For thou art my lamp, Jehovah; And Jehovah enlighteneth my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - That day -- let it be darkness, let not God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - Before I go, and never to return, -- to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:23 - He wandereth abroad for bread, -- where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - They change the night into day; the light they imagine near in presence of the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:19 - Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order our words by reason of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6 - Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 - Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 - He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:4 - Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 - And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12 - Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13 - from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

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

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