Help QuickNav Adv. Options
WEB

WEB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H2822 - ḥōšeḵ

Choose a new font size and typeface
חֹשֶׁךְ
Transliteration
ḥōšeḵ
Pronunciation
kho-shek'
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:4

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:5

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:18

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:21

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:22

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

Tools

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 it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:11

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

Tools

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, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - And it came to pass about the time of shutting 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 - He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:14

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:21

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - He revealeth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth to light the shades of death.

Tools

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 drunken man.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:22

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:23

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:30

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:18

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:8

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:11

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - He hath encompassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

Tools

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:19 - Teach us what we shall say to him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:19

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:6

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:12

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:20

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

Tools

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - Such as sit in darkness and in the shades of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:14

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:4 - To the upright there ariseth light in darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12 - Yes, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:13

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:20

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:13

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

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/2 (Gen 1:2–Ecc 2:13) Gen 1:2–Ecc 2:13

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Ecc 2:14–Zep 1:15

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
WEB
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
WEB
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.