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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).
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

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 - terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona et divisit lucem ac tenebras

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - appellavitque lucem diem et tenebras noctem factumque est vespere et mane dies unus

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - et praeessent diei ac nocti et dividerent lucem ac tenebras et vidit Deus quod esset bonum

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - dixit autem Dominus ad Mosen extende manum tuam in caelum et sint tenebrae super terram Aegypti tam densae ut palpari queant

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - extendit Moses manum in caelum et factae sunt tenebrae horribiles in universa terra Aegypti tribus diebus

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - stetit inter castra Aegyptiorum et castra Israhel et erat nubes tenebrosa et inluminans noctem ut ad se invicem toto noctis tempore accedere non valerent

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - et accessistis ad radices montis qui ardebat usque ad caelum erantque in eo tenebrae nubes et caligo

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - vos autem postquam audistis vocem de medio tenebrarum et montem ardere vidistis accessistis ad me omnes principes tribuum et maiores natu atque dixistis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - cumque porta clauderetur in tenebris et illi pariter exierunt nescio quo abierunt persequimini cito et conprehendetis eos

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 - pedes sanctorum suorum servabit et impii in tenebris conticescent quia non in fortitudine roborabitur vir

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - posuit tenebras in circuitu suo latibulum cribrans aquas de nubibus caelorum

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - quia tu lucerna mea Domine et Domine inluminabis tenebras meas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - dies ille vertatur in tenebras non requirat eum Deus desuper et non inlustret lumine

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - obscurent eum tenebrae et umbra mortis occupet eum caligo et involvatur amaritudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - per diem incurrent tenebras et quasi in nocte sic palpabunt in meridie

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - antequam vadam et non revertar ad terram tenebrosam et opertam mortis caligine

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - qui revelat profunda de tenebris et producit in lucem umbram mortis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - palpabunt quasi in tenebris et non in luce et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - non credit quod reverti possit de tenebris circumspectans undique gladium

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:23 - cum se moverit ad quaerendum panem novit quod paratus sit in manu eius tenebrarum dies

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - non recedet de tenebris ramos eius arefaciet flamma et auferetur spiritu oris sui

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - noctem verterunt in diem et rursum post tenebras spero lucem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - si sustinuero infernus domus mea est in tenebris stravi lectulum meum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - expellet eum de luce in tenebras et de orbe transferet eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - semitam meam circumsepsit et transire non possum et in calle meo tenebras posuit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - omnes tenebrae absconditae sunt in occultis eius devorabit eum ignis qui non succenditur adfligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - et putabas te tenebras non visurum et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressurum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - non enim perii propter inminentes tenebras nec faciem meam operuit caligo

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - perfodit in tenebris domos sicut in die condixerant sibi et ignoraverunt lucem

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - terminum circumdedit aquis usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - tempus posuit tenebris et universorum finem ipse considerat lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - quando splendebat lucerna eius super caput meum et ad lumen eius ambulabam in tenebris

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - non sunt tenebrae et non est umbra mortis ut abscondantur ibi qui operantur iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:19 - ostende nobis quid dicamus illi nos quippe involvimur tenebris

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - in qua via habitet lux et tenebrarum quis locus sit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - [Vulgate 17:12] posuit tenebras latibulum suum in circuitu eius tabernaculum eius tenebrosas aquas in nubibus aetheris

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - [Vulgate 17:29] quia tu inluminabis lucernam meam Domine Deus meus inlustrabis tenebras meas

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6 - [Vulgate 34:6] sit via eorum tenebrae et lubricum et angelus Domini persequatur eos

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 - [Vulgate 87:13] numquid noscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua et iustitia tua in terra quae oblivioni tradita est

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - [Vulgate 103:20] posuisti tenebras et facta est nox in ipsa moventur omnes bestiae silvae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - [Vulgate 104:28] misit tenebras et contenebravit et non fuerunt increduli verbis eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - [Vulgate 106:10] habitantes in tenebris et umbra mortis alligatos inopia et ferro

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 - [Vulgate 106:14] et eduxit eos de tenebris et umbra mortis et vincula eorum disrupit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:4 - [Vulgate 111:4] zai ortum est in tenebris lumen iustis heth clemens et misericors et iustus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 - [Vulgate 138:11] si dixero forte tenebrae operient me nox quoque lux erit circa me

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12 - [Vulgate 138:12] nec tenebrae habent tenebras apud te et nox quasi dies lucet similes sunt tenebrae et lux

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13 - qui relinquunt iter rectum et ambulant per vias tenebrosas

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - qui maledicit patri suo et matri extinguetur lucerna eius in mediis tenebris

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - et vidi quia tantum praecederet sapientia stultitiam quantum differt lux tenebris

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