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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2822 matches the Hebrew חֹשֶׁךְ (ḥōšeḵ),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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 BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19

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