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Lexicon :: Strong's H2822 - ḥōšeḵ

Aa
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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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - The earth H776 was [fn]formless H8414 and void, H922 and darkness H2822 was over H5921 the [fn]surface H6440 of the deep, H8415 and the Spirit H7307 of God H430 was [fn]moving H7363 over H5921 the [fn]surface H6440 of the waters. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - God H430 saw H7200 that the light H216 was good; H2896 and God H430 separated H914 the light H216 from the darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God H430 called H7121 the light H216 day, H3117 and the darkness H2822 He called H7121 night. H3915 And there was evening H6153 and there was morning, H1242 one H259 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - and [fn]to govern H4910 the day H3117 and the night, H3915 and to separate H914 the light H216 from the darkness; H2822 and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Stretch H5186 out your hand H3027 toward H5921 the sky, H8064 that there may be darkness H2822 over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 even a darkness H2822 which may be felt.” H4959

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - So Moses H4872 stretched H5186 out his hand H3027 toward H5921 the sky, H8064 and there was thick H653 darkness H2822 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for three H7969 days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - So it came H935 between H996 the camp H4264 of Egypt H4714 and the camp H4264 of Israel; H3478 and there was the cloud H6051 [fn]along with the darkness, H2822 yet it gave H215 light H215 at night. H3915 Thus the one H2088 did not come H7126 near H7126 the other H2088 all H3605 night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - “You came H7126 near H7126 and stood H5975 at the foot H8478 of the mountain, H2022 and the mountain H2022 burned H1197 with fire H784 to the very heart H3820 of the heavens: H8064 darkness, H2822 cloud H6051 and thick H6205 gloom. H6205

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “And when you heard H8085 the voice H6963 from the midst H8432 of the darkness, H2822 while the mountain H2022 was burning H1197 with fire, H784 you came H7126 near H7126 to me, all H3605 the heads H7218 of your tribes H7626 and your elders. H2205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “It came H1961 about when it was time to shut H5462 the gate H8179 at dark, H2822 that the men H376 went H3318 out; I do not know H3045 where H575 the men H376 went. H1980 Pursue H7291 them quickly, H4118 for you will overtake H5381 them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 - “He keeps H8104 the feet H7272 of His godly H2623 ones, H2623
But the wicked H7563 ones H7563 are silenced H1826 in darkness; H2822
For not by might H3581 shall a man H376 prevail. H1396

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - “And He made H7896 darkness H2822 [fn]canopies H5521 around H5439 Him,
A mass H2841 of waters, H4325 thick H5645 clouds H5645 of the sky. H7834

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - “For You are my lamp, H5216 O LORD; H3068
And the LORD H3068 illumines H5050 my darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - “May that day H3117 be darkness; H2822
Let not God H433 above H4605 care H1875 for it,
Nor H408 light H5105 shine H3313 on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - “Let darkness H2822 and black H6757 gloom H6757 claim H1350 it;
Let a cloud H6053 settle H7931 on it;
Let the blackness H3650 of the day H3117 terrify H1204 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - “By day H3119 they meet H6298 with darkness, H2822
And grope H4959 at noon H6672 as in the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - Before H2962 I go H1980—and I shall not return H7725—
To the land H776 of darkness H2822 and deep H6757 shadow, H6757

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - “He reveals H1540 mysteries H6013 from the darkness H2822
And brings H3318 the deep H6757 darkness H6757 into light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - “They grope H4959 in darkness H2822 with no H3808 light, H216
And He makes them stagger H8582 like a drunken H7910 man. H7910

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - “He does not believe H539 that he will return H7725 from darkness, H2822
And he is destined H6822 for the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:23 - “He wanders H5074 about for food, H3899 saying, ‘Where H346 is it?’
He knows H3045 that a day H3117 of darkness H2822 is [fn]at hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - “He will not [fn]escape H5493 from darkness; H2822
The flame H7957 will wither H3001 his shoots, H3127
And by the breath H7307 of His mouth H6310 he will go H5493 away. H5493

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - “They make H7760 night H3915 into day, H3117 saying,
‘The light H216 is near,’ H7138 in the presence H6440 of darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - “If H518 I look H6960 for Sheol H7585 as my home, H1004
I [fn]make H7502 my bed H3326 in the darkness; H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - “[fn]He is driven H1920 from light H216 into darkness, H2822
And chased H5074 from the inhabited H8398 world. H8398

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - “He has walled H1443 up my way H734 so that I cannot H3808 pass, H5674
And He has put H7760 darkness H2822 on my paths. H5410

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - Complete H3605 darkness H2822 is held H2934 in reserve H2934 for his treasures, H6845
And unfanned H5301 fire H784 will devour H398 him;
It will consume H7462 the survivor H8300 in his tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - Or H176 darkness, H2822 so that you cannot H3808 see, H7200
And an abundance H8229 of water H4325 covers H3680 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - But I am not silenced H6789 by the darkness, H2822
Nor H3808 deep gloom H652 which covers H3680 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:16 - “In the dark H2822 they dig H2864 into houses, H1004
They shut H2856 themselves up by day; H3119
They do not know H3045 the light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - “He has inscribed H2328 a circle H2328 on the surface H6440 of the waters H4325
At the boundary H8503 of light H216 and darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - “Man puts H7760 an end H7093 to darkness, H2822
And to the farthest H3605 limit H8503 he searches H2713 out
The rock H68 in gloom H652 and deep H6757 shadow. H6757

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:3 - When His lamp H5216 shone H1984 over H5921 my head, H7218
And by His light H216 I walked H1980 through darkness; H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - “There H369 is no H369 darkness H2822 or deep H6757 shadow H6757
Where H8033 the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 may hide H5641 themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:19 - “Teach H3045 us what H4100 we shall say H559 to Him;
We cannot H3808 arrange H6186 our case because H4480 H6440 of darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - “Where H335 is the way H1870 to the dwelling H7931 of light? H216
And darkness, H2822 where H335 is its place, H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made H7896 darkness H2822 His hiding H5643 place, H5643 His [fn]canopy H5521 around H5439 Him,
Darkness H2825 of waters, H4325 thick H5645 clouds H5645 of the skies. H7834

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - For You light H215 my lamp; H5216
The LORD H3068 my God H430 illumines H5050 my darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:6 - Let their way H1870 be dark H2822 and slippery, H2519
With the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 pursuing H7291 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 - Will Your wonders H6382 be made H3045 known H3045 in the darkness? H2822
And Your [fn]righteousness H6666 in the land H776 of forgetfulness? H5388

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - You appoint H7896 darkness H2822 and it becomes H1961 night, H3915
In which all H3605 the beasts H2416 of the forest H3293 [fn]prowl H7430 about. H7430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - He sent H7971 darkness H2822 and made H2821 it dark; H2821
And they did not rebel H4784 against H854 His words. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - There were those who dwelt H3427 in darkness H2822 and in the shadow H6757 of death, H6757
Prisoners H615 in [fn]misery H6040 and [fn]chains, H1270

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 - He brought H3318 them out of darkness H2822 and the shadow H6757 of death H6757
And broke H5423 their bands H4147 apart. H5423

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:4 - Light H216 arises H2224 in the darkness H2822 for the upright; H3477
He is gracious H2587 and compassionate H7349 and righteous. H6662

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 - If I say, H559 “Surely H389 the darkness H2822 will [fn]overwhelm H7779 me,
And the light H216 around H1157 me will be night,” H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12 - Even H1571 the darkness H2822 is not dark H2821 [fn]to You,
And the night H3915 is as bright H215 as the day. H3117
Darkness H2825 and light H219 are alike to You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13 - From those who leave H5800 the paths H734 of uprightness H3476
To walk H1980 in the ways H1870 of darkness; H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - He who curses H7043 his father H1 or his mother, H517
His lamp H5216 will go H1846 out in [fn]time H380 of darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - And I saw H7200 that wisdom H2451 excels H3504 folly H5531 as light H216 excels H3504 darkness. H2822

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