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Lexicon :: Strong's H4285 - maḥšāḵ

Aa
מַחְשָׁךְ
Transliteration
maḥšāḵ
Pronunciation
makh-shawk'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxPsa 74:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20 - Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6 - You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 - You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3 - The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 - Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:6 - He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
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