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Lexicon :: Strong's H2821 - ḥāšaḵ

Aa
חָשַׁךְ
Transliteration
ḥāšaḵ
Pronunciation
khaw-shak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 769

Strong’s Definitions

חָשַׁךְ châshak, khaw-shak'; a primitive root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken:—be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H2821 in the following manner: darken (9x), dark (5x), blacker (1x), darkness (1x), dim (1x), hideth (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H2821 in the following manner: darken (9x), dark (5x), blacker (1x), darkness (1x), dim (1x), hideth (1x), variant (1x).

  1. to be or become dark, grow dim, be darkened, be black, be hidden

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be or grow dark

      2. to have a dark colour

      3. to grow dim

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to make dark, cause to be dark

      2. to hide, conceal

      3. to obscure, confuse (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָשַׁךְ châshak, khaw-shak'; a primitive root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken:—be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
STRONGS H2821: Abbreviations
† חָשַׁךְ verb be, grow dark (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲשַׁךְ, Kewo; Arabic حَسِكَ bear rancour, see LagBN 30) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Isaiah 5:30 + 4 times; וְחָֽשְׁכָה consecutive Micah 3:6 (but see below); חָֽשְׁכוּ Lamentations 5:17; וְחָֽשְׁכוּ consecutive Ecclesiastes 12:3; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֶּחְשַׁךְ Ecclesiastes 12:2; וַתֶּחְשַׁךְ Exodus 10:15; 3rd person masculine plural יֶחְשְׁכוּ Job 3:9; 3rd person feminine plural תֶּחְשַׁכְנָה Psalm 69:24; —
1. be, grow dark, אוֺר Isaiah 5:30, compare (figurative) Job 18:6; הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Isaiah 13:10 (figurative); היום Ezekiel 30:18 (where read חשׁך, for MT Baer חשׂך); Job 3:9 (subject כוכבים), compare Ecclesiastes 12:2 (subject השׁמשׁ, האור, הירח, הכוכבים); impersonal Micah 3:6; (si vera lectio; but read probably וַחֲשֵׁכָה, corresponding with לַיְלָה preceding).
2. have a dark colour: מִשְּׁחוֺר ח׳ תָּֽאֳרָם Lamentations 4:8 darker than blackness is their visage; of the earth הָאֶרֶץ Exodus 10:15.
3. grow dim Lamentations 5:17 (subject עינינו), compare Psalm 69:24 (figurative), Ecclesiastes 12:3 subject הָראֹוֺת i.e. the eyes.
Hiph. Perfect הֶחְשִׁיךְ Amos 5:8, וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּ֫י Amos 8:9; Imperfect יַחֲשִׁיךְ Psalm 139:12; יַחְשִׁךְ Jeremiah 13:16;וַיַּחְשִׁךְ Psalm 105:28; Participle מַחְשִׁיךְ Job 38:2; —
1. make dark, יום לילה הח׳ Amos 5:8; absolute cause darkness Jeremiah 13:16; Psalm 105:28, compare Amos 8:9 (לארץ).
2.＝hide, conceal, followed by מִמֶּךָּ Psalm 139:12.
3. figurative obscure, confuse Job 38:2 (object עֵצָה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

10:15; 10:15

Job

3:9; 3:9; 18:6; 38:2; 38:2

Psalms

69:24; 69:24; 105:28; 105:28; 139:12; 139:12

Ecclesiastes

12:2; 12:2; 12:3; 12:3

Isaiah

5:30; 5:30; 13:10

Jeremiah

13:16; 13:16

Lamentations

4:8; 5:17; 5:17

Ezekiel

30:18

Amos

5:8; 5:8; 8:9; 8:9

Micah

3:6; 3:6

H2821

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Strong's Number H2821 matches the Hebrew חָשַׁךְ (ḥāšaḵ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - For all the face of the earth was covered with them, so that the land was black; and every green plant and all the fruit of the trees which was untouched by the ice-storm they took for food: not one green thing, no plant or tree, was to be seen in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 - Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:23 - Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12 - Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30 - And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8 - Their face is blacker than night; in the streets no one has knowledge of them: their skin is hanging on their bones, they are dry, they have become like wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:17 - Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:18 - And at Tehaphnehes the day will become dark, when the yoke of Egypt is broken there, and the pride of her power comes to an end: as for her, she will be covered with a cloud, and her daughters will be taken away prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 - Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:9 - And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:6 - For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
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