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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).
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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 2 / 2 (Ecc 2:14–Zep 1:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - The wise H2450 man’s H2450 eyes H5869 are in his head, H7218 but the fool H3684 walks H1980 in darkness. H2822 And yet H1571 I know H3045 that one H259 fate H4745 befalls H7136 them both. H3605

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:17 - Throughout H3605 his life H3117 he also H1571 eats H398 in darkness H2822 with great H7235 vexation, H3707 sickness H2483 and anger. H7110

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - for it comes H935 in futility H1892 and goes H1980 into obscurity; H2822 and its name H8034 is covered H3680 in obscurity. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - Indeed, H3588 if H518 a man H120 should live H2421 many H7235 years, H8141 let him rejoice H8055 in them all, H3605 and let him remember H2142 the days H3117 of darkness, H2822 for they will be many. H7235 Everything H3605 that is to come H935 will be futility. H1892

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Woe H1945 to those who call H559 evil H7451 good, H2896 and good H2896 evil; H7451
Who [fn]substitute H7760 darkness H2822 for light H216 and light H216 for darkness; H2822
Who [fn]substitute H7760 bitter H4751 for sweet H4966 and sweet H4966 for bitter! H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30 - And it will growl H5098 over H5921 it in that day H3117 like the roaring H5100 of the sea. H3220
If one looks H5027 to the land, H776 behold, H2009 there is darkness H2822 and distress; H6862
Even the light H216 is darkened H2821 by its clouds. H6183

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 - [fn]The people H5971 who walk H1980 in darkness H2822
Will see H7200 a great H1419 light; H216
Those who live H3427 in a dark H6757 land, H776
The light H216 will shine H5050 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 - On that day H3117 the deaf H2795 will hear H8085 words H1697 of a book, H5612
And out of their gloom H652 and darkness H2822 the eyes H5869 of the blind H5787 will see. H7200

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:7 - To open H6491 blind H5787 eyes, H5869
To bring H3318 out prisoners H616 from the dungeon H4525
And those who dwell H3427 in darkness H2822 from the prison. H1004 H3608

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:3 - “I will give H5414 you the [fn]treasures H214 of darkness H2822
And hidden H4301 wealth H4301 of secret H4565 places, H4565
So that you may know H3045 that it is I,
The LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 who calls H7121 you by your name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:7 - The One forming H3335 light H216 and creating H1254 darkness, H2822
Causing H6213 [fn]well-being H7965 and creating H1254 calamity; H7451
I am the LORD H3068 who does H6213 all H3605 these. H428

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - “I have not spoken H1696 in secret, H5643
In [fn]some H4725 dark H2822 land; H776
I did not say H559 to the [fn]offspring H2233 of Jacob, H3290
‘Seek H1245 Me in [fn]a waste H8414 place’; H8414
I, the LORD, H3068 speak H1696 righteousness, H6664
Declaring H5046 things H4339 that are upright. H4339

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:5 - “Sit H3427 silently, H1748 and go H935 into darkness, H2822
O daughter H1323 of the Chaldeans, H3778
For you will no H3808 longer H3254 be called H7121
The queen H1404 of kingdoms. H4467

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:9 - Saying H559 to those who are bound, H631 ‘Go H3318 forth,’ H3318
To those who H834 are in darkness, H2822 ‘Show H1540 yourselves.’
Along H5921 the roads H1870 they will feed, H7462
And their pasture H4830 will be on all H3605 bare H8205 heights. H8205

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - And if you [fn]give H6329 yourself H5315 to the hungry H7457
And satisfy H7646 the [fn]desire H5315 of the afflicted, H6031
Then your light H216 will rise H2224 in darkness H2822
And your gloom H653 will become like midday. H6672

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore H5921 H3651 justice H4941 is far H7368 from us,
And righteousness H6666 does not overtake H5381 us;
We hope H6960 for light, H216 but behold, H2009 darkness, H2822
For brightness, H5054 but we walk H1980 in gloom. H653

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 - “For behold, H2009 darkness H2822 will cover H3680 the earth H776
And deep H6205 darkness H6205 the peoples; H3816
But the LORD H3068 will rise H2224 upon you
And His glory H3519 will appear H7200 upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:2 - He has driven H5090 me and made me walk H1980
In darkness H2822 and not in light. H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:12 - Then He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man, H120 do you see H7200 what H834 the elders H2205 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are committing H6213 in the dark, H2822 each H376 man H376 in the room H2315 of his carved H4906 images? H4906 For they say, H559 ‘The LORD H3068 does not see H7200 us; the LORD H3068 has forsaken H5800 the land.’” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8 - “All H3605 the shining H3974 lights H216 in the heavens H8064
I will darken H6937 over H5921 you
And will set H5414 darkness H2822 on your land,” H776
Declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - A day H3117 of darkness H2822 and gloom, H653
A day H3117 of clouds H6051 and thick H6205 darkness. H6205
As the dawn H7837 is spread H6566 over H5921 the mountains, H2022
So there is a great H7227 and mighty H6099 people; H5971
There has never H3808 H4480 H5769 been H1961 anything like H3644 it,
Nor H3808 will there be again H3254 after H310 it
To the years H8141 of many H1755 generations. H1755

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 - “The sun H8121 will be turned H2015 into darkness H2822
And the moon H3394 into blood H1818
Before H6440 the great H1419 and awesome H3372 day H3117 of the LORD H3068 comes. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:18 - Alas, H1945 you who are longing H183 for the day H3117 of the LORD, H3068
For what H4100 purpose H2088 will the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 be to you?
It will be darkness H2822 and not light; H216

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:20 - Will not the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 be darkness H2822 instead H3808 of light, H216
Even gloom H651 with no H3808 brightness H5051 in it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:8 - Do not rejoice H8055 over me, O my enemy. H340
Though H3588 I fall H5307 I will rise; H6965
Though H3588 I dwell H3427 in darkness, H2822 the LORD H3068 is a light H216 for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - But with an overflowing H5674 flood H7858
He will make H6213 a complete H3617 end H3617 of [fn]its site, H4725
And will pursue H7291 His enemies H340 into darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 - A day H3117 of wrath H5678 is that day, H3117
A day H3117 of trouble H6869 and distress, H4691
A day H3117 of destruction H7722 and desolation, H4875
A day H3117 of darkness H2822 and gloom, H653
A day H3117 of clouds H6051 and thick H6205 darkness, H6205

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