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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 -

Consider the covenant;

For the dark H4285 places H4285 of the land are full of the places of violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6 -

You have put me in the lowest pit,

In dark H4285 places H4285, in the depths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 -

You have removed lover and friend far from me;

My acquaintances are in a hiding H4285 place H4285.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:3

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For the enemy has persecuted my soul;

He has crushed my life to the ground;

He has made me dwell in dark H4285 places H4285, like those who have long been dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 -

Woe to those who deeply hide their [fn]plans from the LORD,

And whose deeds are done in a dark H4285 place H4285,

And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:16

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“I will lead those who are blind by a way they have not known,

In paths they have not known I will guide them.

I will turn darkness H4285 into light before them

And uneven land into plains.

These are the things I will do,

And I will not leave them undone.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:6 -

He has made me live in dark H4285 places H4285,

Like those who have long been dead.

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