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Lexicon :: Strong's H4285 - maḥšāḵ

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מַחְשָׁךְ
Transliteration
maḥšāḵ
Pronunciation
makh-shawk'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 769d

Strong’s Definitions

מַחְשָׁךְ machshâk, makh-shawk'; from H2821; darkness; concretely, a dark place:—dark(-ness, place).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H4285 in the following manner: darkness (4x), dark places (2x), dark (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H4285 in the following manner: darkness (4x), dark places (2x), dark (1x).

  1. dark place, darkness, secrecy

    1. hiding-place

    2. dark region

    3. grave

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַחְשָׁךְ machshâk, makh-shawk'; from H2821; darkness; concretely, a dark place:—dark(-ness, place).
STRONGS H4285: Abbreviations
† מַחְשַׁךְ noun masculine dark place (poetry) — absolute מ׳ Isaiah 29:15; Isaiah 42:16; מַחְשָׁ֑ךְ Psalm 88:19 [Psalm 88:18]; plural מַחֲשַׁכִּים Psalm 88:7; Psalm 143:3 = Lamentations 3:6 construct מַחֲשַׁכֵּי Psalm 74:20; — dark place:
a. = hiding-place אֿרץ מח׳ Psalm 74:20.
b. dark region, in which men may lose their way Isaiah 42:16.
c. = grave, or שׁאול Psalm 88:19 (see Che); of dark place of God's wrath (like She'ôl) Psalm 88:7; compare Psalm 143:3 = Lamentations 3:6.
d. = secret place, secrecy (of plots) Isaiah 29:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

74:20; 74:20; 88:7; 88:7; 88:18; 143:3; 143:3

Isaiah

29:15; 29:15; 42:16; 42:16

Lamentations

3:6; 3:6

H4285

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4285 matches the Hebrew מַחְשָׁךְ (maḥšāḵ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20 - Have respect H5027 unto the covenant: H1285 for the dark H4285 places of the earth H776 are full H4390 of the habitations H4999 of cruelty. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6 - Thou hast laid H7896 me in the lowest H8482 pit, H953 in darkness, H4285 in the deeps. H4688

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 - Lover H157 and friend H7453 hast thou put far H7368 from me, and mine acquaintance H3045 into darkness. H4285

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3 - For the enemy H341 hath persecuted H7291 my soul; H5315 he hath smitten H1792 ➔ my life H2416 down H1792 to the ground; H776 he hath made me to dwell H3427 in darkness, H4285 as those that have been long H5769 dead. H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 - Woe H1945 unto them that seek deep H6009 to hide H5641 their counsel H6098 from the LORD, H3068 and their works H4639 are in the dark, H4285 and they say, H559 Who seeth H7200 us? and who knoweth H3045 us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - And I will bring H3212 the blind H5787 by a way H1870 that they knew H3045 not; I will lead H1869 them in paths H5410 that they have not known: H3045 I will make H7760 darkness H4285 light H216 before H6440 them, and crooked things H4625 straight. H4334 These things H1697 will I do H6213 unto them, and not forsake H5800 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:6 - He hath set H3427 me in dark places, H4285 as they that be dead H4191 of old. H5769
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