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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)
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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 BoxPsa 74:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20 - Have respect H5027 unto the covenant: H1285 for H3588 the dark places H4285 of the earth H776 are full H4390 of the habitations H4999 of cruelty. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6 - Thou hast laid me H7896 in the H953➔ lowest H8482 pit, ➔H953 in darkness, H4285 in the deeps. H4688

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 - Lover H157 and friend H7453 hast thou put far H7368 from me, H4480 and mine acquaintance H3045 into darkness. H4285

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3 - For H3588 the enemy H341 hath persecuted H7291 my soul; H5315 he hath smitten H1792➔ my life H2416 down ➔H1792 to the ground; H776 he hath made me to dwell H3427 in darkness, H4285 as those that have been H4191➔ long H5769 dead. ➔H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 - Woe H1945 unto them that seek deep H6009 to hide H5641 their counsel H6098 from the LORD, H3068 and H1961➔ their works H4639 are ➔H1961 in the dark, H4285 and they say, H559 Who H4310 seeth us? H7200 and who H4310 knoweth us? H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - And I will bring H3212 the blind H5787 by a way H1870 that they knew H3045 not; H3808 I will lead them H1869 in paths H5410 that they have H3045➔ not H3808 known: ➔H3045 I will make H7760 darkness H4285 light H216 before them, H6440 and crooked things H4625 straight. H4334 These H428 things H1697 will I do unto them, H6213 and not H3808 forsake them. H5800

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:6 - He hath set me H3427 in dark places, H4285 as they that be dead H4191 of old. H5769
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